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Abu-Arbuda parvata, a detached mount of the Aravali range, in the Birohi State of Raj.
putana. It was the hermitage of Rishi Vasishtha. It is also one of the five hills sacred to the Jainas, containing the temples of Rishabhanath or Adinath, the first Tirthapkara,
and Nemináth, the twenty-second Tirtha kara. Achchhavat-Achchhoda-sarovara in Kasmir, six miles from Marttapda or modern Mar.
tan or Bhavan, described by Banabhatta in the Kadampart. The Siddh Asrama was
situated on the bank of this lake. Adam's Bridge-Setubandha, between India and Ceylon, said to have been constructed
by Ramachandra with the assistance of Sugriva for crossing over to Lanka. Adam's Peak-1. Rohana. 2. Samana-kata. 3. Samantakata. 4. Deva-kata. 5. Subha
kata, in Ceylon. Adinal-The Sarpaushadhi-vihara, situated in the Adinzai valley in Buner near the Fort
Chakdarra on the north of the Swat river. It was visited by Hiuen Tsiang. Afghanistan-1. Kamboja, 2. Kaofu (Kambu) of Hiuen Tsiang. 3. Loha of the Maha
bharata. 4. Rohi. 5. Avagana. 6. Aupaga. 7. Apaga. Agastipart- Agastya-Asrame, the hermitage of Rishi Agastye, twenty-four miles to the
south-east of Nasik. Agro-Agravans, one of the Vanas of Braja-mandala. Ahar-Twenty-one miles north-east of Bulandshahar, on the right bank of the Ganges.
Traditionally it is the place where Parikshita of the Mahabharata died of snake bite, and where his son Janamejaya performed the anake-sacrifice (Growse's Bulandshahar), but according to the Mahabharata (Svarghrobiņika, ch. 5, the snake-sacrifice was performed
at Taksbasila. Ahlart-1. Gautama-Asrama, 2. Ahalykath&na, in pargana Jarail, twenty-four miles to the south-west of Janakpur in Tirhut. It was the hermitage of Rishi Gautama, where
Indra ravished his wife Abalya. Ahmedabad -1. Aadwal. 2. Yessa val. 3. Karnavati. 4. Srinagar, 5. Rajanagara. 6. Asa
palli, in Guzerat, on the river Sabarmati. Ahmednagar-Bingar, seventy-one miles from Poona. Alhlolo-Aryapura or Ayyavole, the western capital of the Chalukyas in the 7th and 8th
centuries A.D., in the Badami TAluka of the Bijapur district. Alrws-1. Alavi of the Buddhists. 2. Alabhi of the Jainas. 3. Alambhika of the Kalpa
ruina, twenty-seven miles north-east of Itawa in the United Provinces, where Buddha
passed his sixteenth Vased. But see Nawal. AjayThe river Ajamati in Bengal. Ajuntar-Achinta, about fifty-five miles to the north-east of Ellora in Central India. In
the Achinta monastery resided Arya Asanga, the founder of the Yogachara school of the Buddhists. It is celebrated for its caves and vibAras, which belong to the fifth and
sixth centuries of the Christian era. Akolbd--Agastya-Asrama, situated to the east of Nasik on the Godavart. Aksha-I. 1. Asma of the Ramayana (Uttara, ch. 23). 2. Oxiana of the Greeks. 3. Pata
lapura (see my Rasdtala in the I. H.O., vols. I & II), on the river Oxos in Sogdiana on the north. II. Same as river Vaksh. 1. Okos or Ochus of the Greeks. 2. Vakshu of Matsya P. (ch. 101 ; gee Sabdakalpadruma 8.v. note). 3. Vankshy of Bhagavata (V, ch.17), a tributary of the Oxus in Sogdiana, from which the river Oxus has derived its name (Jour. BBRAS., XXIV, p. 520).
