Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 54
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ SVE 200 TAK mountain, which in the three former Yugas was called Padma-giri, Bajrakůta, and Gossióga respectively. It contained a sacred lake called KAlîhrada, which was desecrated by Mañjuśrf. The Svayambhu Purdna, a Buddhist work of the ninth century, gives an account of the origin of the Svayambhunatha Chaitya, and extols its sanctity over all places of Buddhist pilgrimage. According to Dr. Rajendralal Mitra, its author Manjusri lived in the early part of the tenth century (R. L. Mitra's Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal, p. 249). Prachandadeva, king of Gauda, became a Buddhist Bhikshu under the name of Santikara, and caused the Svayambhunatha Chaitya to be built (Svayambha Purana, ch. VII: Bandha P., ch. 216, v. 38). Sveta See Swotl. (Siva P., II, ch. 10). See Kashthamandapa, Manjupa tan and Nopala Sveta-girl-The portion of the Himalaya to the east of Tibet (Mbk., Sabha, 27; Matsya P., ch. 112, v. 38). Swatt-The river Swat in the Panjab (Rig Veda, X, 75; Siva P., ch. 10). It was also called SwetA : the Suvastu (g. v.) of the Mahabharata. Syamalanatha-Samalji in Mahi Kantha, Bombay Presidency. The temple of Samlaji is said to have been built in the fifteenth century in an old city (Padma P., Srishti, ch. ll; Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency, VIII, p. 237). See samalanatha Syandik -The river Sai, seven miles south of Jaunpur and twenty-five miles north of Benares (P.N. Ghose's Travel and Ramdyaņa, Ayodhyd-kAnda, ch. 49). gyont-The river Kane or Ken in Bundelkhand (Matsya P., ch. 113, v. 25). See Karna. vatt. It is very unlikely that the name of Ken, which is a great river, should not be mon. tioned, though it has its source in the same rivershed as the Tonse, Paigunf, eto. Under phonetic rules Syeni would become Keni or Ken. But soo suktimatt. T. Tacara-See Dharagara. Dr. Fleet has identified it with Ter (Thair), 95 priles south-east of Paithans, in the Waldrug district of Hyderabad. Tagara is mentioned in the inscriptions found at Tanna (Thana) and Satara Conder's Modern Traveller, Vol. X, p. 286). Dr. Bhagavanlal Indraji identifies it with Junnar in the Poona district (Early History of Gujarat), and Rev. A. K. Nairne and Sir R. G. Bhandarkar (Early History of the Dekkan. sec. viii, p. 32) with Darur or Dharur in the Nizam's Dominions (Bom. Gaz., Vol. I, Pt. II. 16. note 3). Wilford identifies it with Devagiri or Daulatabad, Dr. Burgess with Roza near Devagiri, and Yule with Kulbarga. It has also been identified with Trikata (see Trikata). Tailanga-Same as Telingana. Talla parul-The river Pennair in the province of Madras on which Nellore is situated. Taittirt-Tartary (Bhavishya Purana, Pratisarga, Parva, pt. iii, ch. 2, p. 35). Tullka-Persia, celebrated for its fine breed of horses (Nakula's Ašvachikitsitam, ch. 2). Takka-deba- Between the Bipasa and the Sindhu rivers in the Panjab. It was the country of the Vahikas (Rajataranging, v, v. 150; Moh., Karna, ch, 44). Same as Mada-deba (Hemchandra's Abhidhanachintamani), and Aratta. Takshay -Taxila, in the district of Rawalpindi in the Panjab. General Cunningham places the site of the city near Shahdheri, one mile north-east of KAJA-k&-serai between Attock and Rawalpindi, where he found the ruins of a fortified city (see Delmerick's Notes on Archæological Remains at Shah-ki-Dheri and the site of Taxila in JASB., 1870, p. 89 ; Arch. 8. Rep., Vol. II, p. 125). St. Martin places it at Hasan Abdul, eight miles north-west of Shah-dheri. Takshasila is said to have been founded by Bharata, brother of Ramachandra, after the name of his son Taksha, who was placed here as king (Ramayana, Uttara, chs. 114, 201). In the Divydvaddna (Dr. R. Mitra's Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal, p. 310), however, it is mentioned that Buddha in a former birth was king of Bhadrasila and was known by the name of

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