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of Patne was anciently called. 1. Udandapura. 2. Odantapura. 3. Dandapura. 4. Udantapura. 5. Prishtha-Champa. It was sometimes the capital of the Pala Rajas
of Bengal. Bijayanagar-1. Padmavati. 2. Padmapura. 3. Bidyanagara, at the confluence of the Sindh
and Para in Malwa. It was the birth-place of the poet Bhavabhậti. The scene of the Malati-Madhava has been placed at Padmavati, which, however, is supposed to be Ujjayini (see Ujin). 4. Hampi on the river Tungabhadra (see Bijayanagara). 5. Bijayapura of the Pavanaduta, which was the capital of the Sena RajAs of Bengal, situated near
Godagari on the Ganges in the Rajshahi division of Bengal. Bijayanagara -1. Bidyanagare on the river Tuigabhadra, thirty-six miles north-west of
Bellari. The kingdom of Bijayanagara was called Karnata. II. 1. Padmavati. 2. Padmapura. 3. Bidyanagara, the birth-place of Bhavabhuti, at the confluence of the
Sindh and Park in Malwa. It was included in the ancient kingdom of Bidarbha. Blinor-It was called Bhavanaghat before its name was changed into Bijnor during the
reign of Aurangzeb. It is forty miles from Sirhind. B1&spur-Thirty-three miles north of Saharanpur. The district of Bilaspur was 1. Kuru
jAugala of the Mahabharata. 2. Srikantha of the Buddhist period. Bindhyachal-I. The western past of the Bindhyâ range from the source of the Nerbuda
to the Gulf of Kambay, including the Aravali range, was the Paripátra or Pâriyâtra of the Puranas. The eastern portion from the Bay of Bengal to the source of the Nerbuda, including the hills of Gondwana, was the Riksha Parvata; and the range which joins the PAripatra the Riksha Parvata, including the portion near Bindhyachala in the district of Mirzapur, was called Şuktimana. II. Bindhyâ chala, five or seven miles to the west of Mirzapus, celebrated for the temple of the goddess Bindu bâsini, appertained to the
ancient city of Pamp&pura.. Bindubásinf-1. Bindhyachala. 2. Pampapura, a celebrated place of pilgrimage in the
district of Mirzapur in the United Provinces. See Bindhyachal. Bindu-sara-A sacred pool, two miles south of Gangotri in the Rudra Himalaya, where Bha
giratha is said to have performed asceticism to bring down the goddess Ganga from
heaven. . Bipula Girl-1. Chaityaka-giri. 2. Vepulla of the Buddhists, one of the five hills of Rajgir,
in the district of Patna. Bishengang -The river AlakAnandA in Garwal, on which Badarikasrama is situated. Bishnumall-The river Kebavati, in Nepal. Bishnu-Praye-At the confluence of the Alakânanda and the Dauli (Dudh-Gariga). It
is one of the five (Pancha) PrayAgas. Bisva-The river Bisri in Oudh; see Dohtht (Bhagavata P., v. 19). Bišvamitr&The river Bisvamitrd of the Purdnas in Guzerat, on which Baroda is situated. Biths-Bitabhayapattana, eleven miles south-west of Allahabad. It was an ancient Bud
dhist town. This identification is doubtful. Its ancient names were 1. Bichhi. 2.
Bichhi-grama. Bithoor-1. Valmiki-Asrama. 2. Pratishthana. 3. Ut palaranya. 4. Utpalavata-k&nana.
fourteen miles north-west of Cawnpur, on the river Ganges. It was the capital of Raja Uttanapada, father of the celebrated Dhruva; and the hermitage of Valmiki, the author
of the Ramdyana. Bisagapatam-Bibekh-pattana, in the province of Madras. Bislanagram-Bijayanagara, in the Bizag&patam district of Madras, visited by Chaitanya. Black Pagoda-Same as Kanarak.
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