गंगाह्रद

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Gaṅgāhrada  : m.: Name of various tīrthas on the river Gaṅgā (referred to also as Gāṅga hrada 5. 33. 26).


A. Holy places for bathing:

(1) Situated near the Mṛgadhūma tīrtha; after bathing there and worshipping Śūlapāṇi Mahādeva one obtains the fruit of an Aśvamedha 3. 81. 85;

(2) Near the Svastipura tīrtha; a bath there secures heaven 3. 81. 152, 153;

(3) Near the Koṭirūpa tīrtha; one who observes chastity and has a controlled mind, if he bathes there he obtains for ever the fruit of a Rājasūya and an Aśvamedha (rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṁ phalaṁ vindati śāśvatam) 3. 81. 171, 172;

(4) Near the Utpalāvana tīrtha; one who bathes (upaspṛśya) there and offers water to manes for a month gets the fruit of an Aśvamedha 13. 26. 33; (also see the next Section).


B. Epic event: Duryodhana entered the Gaṅgāhrada and lay concealed; the Pāṇḍavas and Vāsudeva stood on the Gaṅgāhrada and challenged Duryodhana (for a fight) 1. 1. 151;


C. Simile: One who is not delighted when honoured and angered when insulted and remains unpurturbed is compared to the Gāṅga hrada (na hṛṣyaty ātmasaṁmāne nāvamānena tapyate/ gāṅgo hrada ivākṣobhyo yaḥ sa paṇḍita ucyate) 5. 33. 26.


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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Gaṅgāhrada  : m.: Name of various tīrthas on the river Gaṅgā (referred to also as Gāṅga hrada 5. 33. 26).


A. Holy places for bathing:

(1) Situated near the Mṛgadhūma tīrtha; after bathing there and worshipping Śūlapāṇi Mahādeva one obtains the fruit of an Aśvamedha 3. 81. 85;

(2) Near the Svastipura tīrtha; a bath there secures heaven 3. 81. 152, 153;

(3) Near the Koṭirūpa tīrtha; one who observes chastity and has a controlled mind, if he bathes there he obtains for ever the fruit of a Rājasūya and an Aśvamedha (rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṁ phalaṁ vindati śāśvatam) 3. 81. 171, 172;

(4) Near the Utpalāvana tīrtha; one who bathes (upaspṛśya) there and offers water to manes for a month gets the fruit of an Aśvamedha 13. 26. 33; (also see the next Section).


B. Epic event: Duryodhana entered the Gaṅgāhrada and lay concealed; the Pāṇḍavas and Vāsudeva stood on the Gaṅgāhrada and challenged Duryodhana (for a fight) 1. 1. 151;


C. Simile: One who is not delighted when honoured and angered when insulted and remains unpurturbed is compared to the Gāṅga hrada (na hṛṣyaty ātmasaṁmāne nāvamānena tapyate/ gāṅgo hrada ivākṣobhyo yaḥ sa paṇḍita ucyate) 5. 33. 26.


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