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Sangama-tirtha-Same as Ramesvara. (See Setubandha.) Sangamebvara-1. A town in Konkaņa, about 20 miles north-east of Ratnagiri. It was
the capital of a Chalukya prince Som adeva (see Paraburma-kshetra). 2. It is a Lingayet place of pilgrimage on the confluence of the Malaprabha and the Krishna (Bomb. Gaz., Vol. XXIV, p. 119). Basava, the founder of the Lingayet or Jangama sect, died at this place (Wilson's Mack. Col., pp. 310, 311). 3. A shrine of Siva at the confluence of the
Ganges and Baruņa in Benares (Linga P., I, ch. 92). Sanjan-An old village called also Sanjaya in the Thana district, Bombay Presidency.
It is the Sindan of the Arab writers. It was also called Shahpur. Shaheriar was the first priest of the Parsis to settle there in 716 A.D. See Devabandara. It is evidently the
Sajayantinagari of the Mbh., (Sabha, ch. 31) conquered by Sahadeva. Sanjayanti-Nagari-Same as Sañjan. Sankala-See Sangala (Panini's Ash tadhydyt). Sankaracharya-The name of a mountain, at present called Takht-i-Suleiman, near
Srînagar in Kasmir. On the top of the hill Asoka's son Kunala (or Jaloka) built a monastery, now converted into a mosque, where the celebrated reformer Sankaracharya established Siva worship. See Gopådri. The old Hindu name of the hill was Sandhimâna-parvata. The temple of the Mahadeva Jyeshtha-Rudra (or Jyeshtheśvara) was on the top of the mountain (Rajataranging, Bk. I, v. 124). Sankara-Tirtha-In Nepal, immediately below the town of Patan at the confluence of the
Bagmati and the Manimati (Maņirohini). Siva is said to have performed asceticism at
this place for obtaining Durga (Svayambhu P., ch. 4, p. 298). Sáňkasya-Sankisa or Sankisa-Basantpura, situated on the north bank of the river
Ikshumati, now oalled the Kalf-nadi, between Atranji and Kanouj, and twenty-three miles west of Fategarh in the district of Etah and forty-five miles north-west of Kanouj. In Patañjali's Mahabhashya, Sabkasya is said to be four yojanas from Gabidhumat which has been identified with Kudarkot in the Etwa district of the United Provinces (Ep. Ind., Vol. I, pp. 179, 183). It was the capital of Raja Kusadhvaja, brother of Siradhvaja Janaka, the father of Sita of the Ramayana (Adi K., ch. 70). It was a famous place of Buddhist pilgrimage, as it was here that Buddha descended from the Trayastrimsa heaven by the ladder of gold, accompanied by the gods Indra and Brahma. Cunningham supposes that the temple of Bisari Devi occupies the site of the three staircases (Arch. 8. Rep., Vol. I, pp. 271 f.). There is also a stopa of Asoka at this place. It was visited by Fa Hian in 415 A.D. and by Hiuen Tsiang in 638 A.D. See Kapitha. Sankha-1. The river Sank, a tributary of the Brahmani in the Chutia-Nagpur division
(Mbh., Vana, ch. 83); it is called also Sankhiņi. 2. A place of pilgrimage on the north
bank of the Saraswati in Kurukshetra near Dwaitavana (Mbh., Salya, ch. 38). Sankhin. See Sankha (1). Sankhoddhara-The island of Bati (Beyt), belonging to the province of Guzerat, situated
at the south-western extremity of the gulf of Cutch. Vishnu is said to have destroyed & demon named Sankhasura at this place and to have delivered the Vedas (Padma P.,
ch. 71, Hamilton's East-India Gazetteer, 8.v. Bata Isle). Sankukarna-The southern portion of Benares (Brihat-Naradiya P., pt. II, ch. 48, v. 20). Sånta-tirtha-- At Guugesvarighet in Nepal, where the river Maradárika joins the
Bachmati or Bagmati. Parvati is said to have performed asceticism at this place (Svayambhu P., ch. 5, p. 259).
