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Albania-Alamba of the Mh., (Adi, ch. 29) on the western side of the Caspean Sea, now
called Shirwan (see my R 18dtala in the I. H.O., vols. I & II). Aligarh-Koel. Allahabad-1. Prayaga. 2. Bharadvája-Aśrama, 'the hermitage of Rishi Bharadvaja . 3. Bhash
kara kshetra. The celebrated Akshaya-Bata (the undecaying benian tree) was seen
by Hiuen Tsiang in the seventh century. AlmoraBinâ in Kumaun. Alopi--The temple of Alopi is situated at Allahabad; it is one of the 52 Pithas. It is the
ancient Prajapativedi of the Mahabharata, a celebrated place of pilgrimage. Alwar-Matsya-dosa, the kingdom of Raja Virâta of the Mahabharata. The Alwer state
formerly appertained to the territory of Jaipur. There is still a town called Machheri in this state which is a corruption of Matsya. The capital of Matsya-desa was Virata, now called Bairat; forty-one miles to the north of Jaipur and one hundred and five miles to the south-west of Delhi. General Cunningham supposes that Alwar is & corruption of Salvapura. See Jaipur. But at the time of the Mahabharata, Alwar was called Saubhanagara or Salvanagara, the capital of the country called Marttik&vata, the king.
dom of Raja Salva who was killed by Krishga. See Mårta. Amarakantaka-Bamsagulma, at the source of the river Nerbuda in the Amarakantaka
mountain. Amarakanțaka Mountain--1. The Mekala mountain. 2. The Soma-Parvata. 3. Amra
kata-Parvata. 4. Surathadri, in which the river Nerbuda has got its source. Amaranath-The celebrated temple of Amaranatha is situated in a natural grotto in the
Bhairava-ghati range of the Himalaya in Kasmir. The grotto is said to be full of wonderful congelations, where a curious block of ice, stalagmite, which periodically
dissolves and reforms, is worshipped as Siva Amaranatha Amaravatt-1. The Dipaldinne or Diamond sands of the Daladavamsa. 2. Pārvasaila
SanghArama of Hiuen Tsiang. 3. Dhanakataka. 4. Dhamnakataka. 6. Dhányakataka. 6. DhAnyavatipura. 7. Dharmakota. 8. Dhanakakota. 9. Sadhanya kataka, have been identified with Dharanikota, one mile to the east of Amaravati in the Kistna district, Madras Presidenoy. It was the capital of Andhra. The Buddhist saint Bhavaviveka
resided here awaiting the advent of Maitreya Buddha. Ambarnáth-Ambaranátha tirtha in the Thana district, Bombay (Antiquarian Remains
in the Bombay Presidency, VIII, p. 110). Amor-Ambara, the ancient capital of Jaipur, which was called Dhundhra. The capital
was removed to Jaipur in 1728 A.D. by Siwai Jai Singh. Ami-One of the 51 or 52 Pithas, eleven miles to the east of Chhapra in the province of Bihar. Amin-1. Abhimanyu-khera. 2. Chakra byûha of the Mahabharata, where Abhimanyu,
son of Arjuna, was killed at the celebrated battle of Kurukshetra. It was included in
Kurukshetra. Amran Mountains-Pashana Parvata on the west of Pishin (PAahaņa) valley in southern
Afghanistan. Amritasar-RamadAsapurs in the Punjab. Anagandi-Konkanapura, the capital of Konkaņa, on the northern bank of the Tunga
bhadra river. Anagandi See Sphatika-$118. Anantapur-I. 1. The Pafchapsara Tirtha. 2. Pafcha tirtha. 3. PhAlguna, in the
Madras Presidency, fifty-six miles to the south-east of Bellari; it was visited by Arjuna and Balarama. II. J. Ananta-sayana. 2. Ananta-Padmanabha, a quarter of Trivan. drum in Travancore where the temple of Ananta Padmanabha is situated. Same as Padmanabhapura.
