मंदाकिनी

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

Mandākinī^1  : f.: Name of a river.


A. Location: Listed by Saṁjaya among the rivers of the Bhāratavarṣa; people use its water for drinking 6. 10. 33, 13; on the Citrakūṭa mountain in the Janasthāna 13. 26. 27; 3. 83. 55.


B. Description: Described as a river that frees one from sins (pāpapramocanī) 3. 83. 55; all the rivers listed by Saṁjaya are described as mothers of the universe and very strong 6. 10. 35 (for citation see Atikṛṣṇā ).


C. Holiness:

(1) By bathing there and by being engaged in worshipping gods and manes (tatrābhiṣekaḥ kurvāṇaḥ pitṛdevārcane rataḥ) one gets the fruit of an Aśvamedha and the highest state (after death) (gatiṁ ca paramāṁ vrajet) 3. 83. 56;

(2) One who fasts and bathes there obtains royal glory (vigāhya vai nirāhāro rājalakṣmīṁ nigacchati) 13. 26. 27.


D. Importance: Finds place in the DaivataṚṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 17, 2.


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Mandākinī^2  : f.: Name of a river.


A. Location: In the north 13. 20. 2, 36; 5. 109. 3, 9; (13. 19. 14); on the mountain Himavant, near Kailāsa 13. 20. 2, 6-7, and near the mountain Mandara 5. 109. 9; near the residence of the old female ascetic (who was really the northern direction 13. 22. 4) 13. 20. 36 [See also


E. (1) below].


B. Relationship: It belongs to Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) 13. 105. 18; 13. 20. 7.


C. Description:

(1) Full of Mandāra flowers (mandārapuṣpaiḥ saṁkīrṇā) 13. 20. 36;

(2) It has great enjoyments (mahābhogā), and as such is fit to be entered by those who are devoted to enjoyments (bhogijanapraveśyā), and is liked by the Gandharvas, the Yakṣas and the Apsarases (gandharvayakṣair apsarobhiś ca juṣṭā) 13. 105. 18.


D. Holiness: Those who consider hospitality as a vow, who observe (other) vows, who give shelter to Brāhmaṇas, and who eat the remainder (of the food) after serving it to the dependents--such people adorn the Mandākinī (atithivratā suvratā ye janā vai pratiśrayaṁ dadati brāhmaṇebhyaḥ/śiṣṭāśinaḥ saṁvibhajyāśritāṁś ca mandākinīṁ te 'pi vibhūṣayanti) 13. 105. 19.


E. Past events:

(1) Aṣṭāvakra, in his journey to the north to meet the old female ascetic (13. 19. 24), came across the river Mandākinī 13. 20. 7; Aṣṭāvakra saw Mandākinī in a beautiful forest spot further to the north (13. 20. 28) of the residence of Kubera, and arrived at it when he crossed the Kailāsa, the Mandara, the Haima and the Kairātasthāna 13. 20. 28-29, 31, 36;

(2) The Brāhmaṇa Gautama offered to take the crocodile named Dhṛtarāṣṭra (who was really Indra) to the river Mandākinī in lieu of his elephant that was snatched by the crocodile 13. 105. 6, 18. [See Vasor dhārā^2 ]


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Mandākinī^3  : f.: Name of a river.


A. Location: Flowing high up in the mid-region (tato mandākinīm…upariṣṭād… dadarśa) 12. 320. 16.


B. Description: Charming (ramyā); having forests of flowering trees (on its banks) (puṣpitadrumakānanā) 12. 320. 16.


C. Characteristic: Apsarases sport and bathe there (tasyāṁ krīḍanty abhiratāḥ snānti caivāpsarogaṇāḥ) 12. 320. 17, 28.


D. Past event: In his upward journey through the space Śuka saw Mandākinī when he went through the two peaks of the mountains Himavant and Meru which were torn asunder; the mountain could no longer check his gait 12. 320. 16, 8-11; when Vyāsa followed his son Śuka flying up (uttamāṁ gatim āsthāya) and reached the mountain peaks rent asunder by Śuka he sat down on the slope of the mountain thinking about his son (niṣasāda giriprasthe); he saw there Apsarases sporting on the bank of Mandākinī; they were all confused and lost their senses when they saw the sage (āsādya tam ṛṣiṁ sarvāḥ saṁbhrāntā gatacetasaḥ) 12. 320. 18, 27-28. [See Vasor dhārā^2 ]


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

Mandākinī^1  : f.: Name of a river.


A. Location: Listed by Saṁjaya among the rivers of the Bhāratavarṣa; people use its water for drinking 6. 10. 33, 13; on the Citrakūṭa mountain in the Janasthāna 13. 26. 27; 3. 83. 55.


B. Description: Described as a river that frees one from sins (pāpapramocanī) 3. 83. 55; all the rivers listed by Saṁjaya are described as mothers of the universe and very strong 6. 10. 35 (for citation see Atikṛṣṇā ).


C. Holiness:

(1) By bathing there and by being engaged in worshipping gods and manes (tatrābhiṣekaḥ kurvāṇaḥ pitṛdevārcane rataḥ) one gets the fruit of an Aśvamedha and the highest state (after death) (gatiṁ ca paramāṁ vrajet) 3. 83. 56;

(2) One who fasts and bathes there obtains royal glory (vigāhya vai nirāhāro rājalakṣmīṁ nigacchati) 13. 26. 27.


D. Importance: Finds place in the DaivataṚṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 17, 2.


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Mandākinī^2  : f.: Name of a river.


A. Location: In the north 13. 20. 2, 36; 5. 109. 3, 9; (13. 19. 14); on the mountain Himavant, near Kailāsa 13. 20. 2, 6-7, and near the mountain Mandara 5. 109. 9; near the residence of the old female ascetic (who was really the northern direction 13. 22. 4) 13. 20. 36 [See also


E. (1) below].


B. Relationship: It belongs to Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) 13. 105. 18; 13. 20. 7.


C. Description:

(1) Full of Mandāra flowers (mandārapuṣpaiḥ saṁkīrṇā) 13. 20. 36;

(2) It has great enjoyments (mahābhogā), and as such is fit to be entered by those who are devoted to enjoyments (bhogijanapraveśyā), and is liked by the Gandharvas, the Yakṣas and the Apsarases (gandharvayakṣair apsarobhiś ca juṣṭā) 13. 105. 18.


D. Holiness: Those who consider hospitality as a vow, who observe (other) vows, who give shelter to Brāhmaṇas, and who eat the remainder (of the food) after serving it to the dependents--such people adorn the Mandākinī (atithivratā suvratā ye janā vai pratiśrayaṁ dadati brāhmaṇebhyaḥ/śiṣṭāśinaḥ saṁvibhajyāśritāṁś ca mandākinīṁ te 'pi vibhūṣayanti) 13. 105. 19.


E. Past events:

(1) Aṣṭāvakra, in his journey to the north to meet the old female ascetic (13. 19. 24), came across the river Mandākinī 13. 20. 7; Aṣṭāvakra saw Mandākinī in a beautiful forest spot further to the north (13. 20. 28) of the residence of Kubera, and arrived at it when he crossed the Kailāsa, the Mandara, the Haima and the Kairātasthāna 13. 20. 28-29, 31, 36;

(2) The Brāhmaṇa Gautama offered to take the crocodile named Dhṛtarāṣṭra (who was really Indra) to the river Mandākinī in lieu of his elephant that was snatched by the crocodile 13. 105. 6, 18. [See Vasor dhārā^2 ]


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Mandākinī^3  : f.: Name of a river.


A. Location: Flowing high up in the mid-region (tato mandākinīm…upariṣṭād… dadarśa) 12. 320. 16.


B. Description: Charming (ramyā); having forests of flowering trees (on its banks) (puṣpitadrumakānanā) 12. 320. 16.


C. Characteristic: Apsarases sport and bathe there (tasyāṁ krīḍanty abhiratāḥ snānti caivāpsarogaṇāḥ) 12. 320. 17, 28.


D. Past event: In his upward journey through the space Śuka saw Mandākinī when he went through the two peaks of the mountains Himavant and Meru which were torn asunder; the mountain could no longer check his gait 12. 320. 16, 8-11; when Vyāsa followed his son Śuka flying up (uttamāṁ gatim āsthāya) and reached the mountain peaks rent asunder by Śuka he sat down on the slope of the mountain thinking about his son (niṣasāda giriprasthe); he saw there Apsarases sporting on the bank of Mandākinī; they were all confused and lost their senses when they saw the sage (āsādya tam ṛṣiṁ sarvāḥ saṁbhrāntā gatacetasaḥ) 12. 320. 18, 27-28. [See Vasor dhārā^2 ]


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