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ügar ] करकंडचरिउ
[ विद्याधर source near Badarikashrama(Dey. it some where at the equator Geo; Mbh. Santi 335, 336). It (IHQ. II, 3445; IV, 339, 694.) is also called Pancha-Parvat, for r et (923) VI, 1, 3. The country boundaries of which see Matsya round about Kausambi which P. 113; Padma P, 128. In sound was the capital, King Udayana at least, it agrees with Meros of classical fame and his son mountain which was ascended by
Naravahanadatta of the KathaAlexander (Mac Crindle: In- sarit-sagara and of the present vasions of India, P.338)and which
woris, belonged to it. is identified with Marhoh near JORTE II, 16, 3. Modern Benares Jalalabad in the Punjab.
in U. P. It is sacred to the Jains Tgar ( 530 ) X, 12, 9. The river
being the birthplace of their 7th Jumpa
and 23rd Tirthamkaras. Close Tera GT (TEST) V, 2, 1; X, 1, 8. A to it is Saranath which is so
town in south Vediardha from called because it was the birth. where came Nila and Mahanila place of the 11th Tirthamkara who established themselves at Sreyamsanatha. Benares is one Terapur and excavated the first
of the most sacred places of the cave there.
Hivdus. It was the capital of TV, 4 5; V, 5, 1 Amitavega and Kasi (Ram. Uttarakanda 48 ) Suvega had to cross the Malaya which, at the time of Buddha, (Malbar) to reach it. The king formed a part of the Kosala of Lanka, a descendant of Ravana kingdom. According to one had built a Jiva temple at Pudi account, it was founded by Kasa in Malaya. It is described as
or Kasiraja, a descendant of Trikuta or three peaked in the
Pururavasa king of Pratisthana, Ram. Sundara kanda chap.1. It is
It was visited by Hiuen Tsang believed by some to be identical
who has recorded a description
of it. with the present Mantotte in
Pastar (Qaqa'z) II, 2, 1; V, 1, 6; V, Ceylon. Others think it to be a town now submerged in to the 7, 2;VI, 11, 2; VI, 13, ?. A moun. sea ( Mutu Coomar Swami's. tain in the north of the Bharata Datha vamsa p. 97 ). Sardar Kibe: Kshetra, so called because it has tried to locate it near Amara- marks half the conquest of a kantaka in the Central Provinces. cakravartin. Same as Vediardha. Dr. Jacobi located it in Assam, rett våa VI, 10, 3. Same as while Mr. V. H. Vader places Vediardha,
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