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सम्पाद्यताम्Purana Encyclopedia
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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Ṛkṣavant : m.: Name of a mountain (lit. ‘where bears abound’).
A. Kulaparvata: Listed by Saṁjaya among the seven Kulaparvatas (principal ranges of mountains) of the Bhāratavarṣa 6. 10. 10.
B. Location: Nala told Damayantī that many roads beyond the mountain Ṛkṣavant lead to the Dakṣiṇāpatha (ete gacchanti bahavaḥ panthāno dakṣiṇāpatham/avantīm ṛkṣavantaṁ ca samatikramya parvatam//) 3. 58. 20.
C. Past event: Son of Viḍūratha, a descendant of the Pauravas (pauravadāyādaḥ), was one of the few Kṣatriyas saved during their slaughter by Rāma Jāmadagnya; he was reared by the bears on this mountain (ṛkṣaiḥ saṁvardhito vipra ṛkṣavaty eva parvate) 12. 49. 67.
D. Simile: The army of the Pāṇḍavas moving (in two divisions) in front and at the back of the chariots of Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas resembled the river Narmadā flowing (in two streams) in front and at the back of the mountain after meeting it 12. 52. 32.
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*2nd word in right half of page p300_mci (+offset) in original book.
Mahabharata Cultural Index
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Ṛkṣavant : m.: Name of a mountain (lit. ‘where bears abound’).
A. Kulaparvata: Listed by Saṁjaya among the seven Kulaparvatas (principal ranges of mountains) of the Bhāratavarṣa 6. 10. 10.
B. Location: Nala told Damayantī that many roads beyond the mountain Ṛkṣavant lead to the Dakṣiṇāpatha (ete gacchanti bahavaḥ panthāno dakṣiṇāpatham/avantīm ṛkṣavantaṁ ca samatikramya parvatam//) 3. 58. 20.
C. Past event: Son of Viḍūratha, a descendant of the Pauravas (pauravadāyādaḥ), was one of the few Kṣatriyas saved during their slaughter by Rāma Jāmadagnya; he was reared by the bears on this mountain (ṛkṣaiḥ saṁvardhito vipra ṛkṣavaty eva parvate) 12. 49. 67.
D. Simile: The army of the Pāṇḍavas moving (in two divisions) in front and at the back of the chariots of Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas resembled the river Narmadā flowing (in two streams) in front and at the back of the mountain after meeting it 12. 52. 32.
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*2nd word in right half of page p300_mci (+offset) in original book.