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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Akṣayavaṭa : m.: Name of a tree, also referred to as akṣayyakaraṇo vaṭaḥ (3. 85. 8; 13. 88. 14).
A. Location: Near Gayā (3. 82. 7172; 13. 88. 14; 3. 85. 8); near the river Mahānadī and the lake Gayaśiras 3. 85. 8; 3. 93. 10 (where the lake Brahmasaras is also mentioned).
B. Description: great (mahant) 3. 93. 13; famous in the three worlds (triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ) 3. 82. 72; famous in the worlds (prathito lokeṣu) 13. 88. 14; praised by the Vipras (kīrtyate vipraiḥ) 3. 85. 8.
C. Explanation of the name: Since food offered to manes near this tree becomes inexhaustible (akṣaya), the tree is so called 13. 85. 8 (for citation see below section
D. ).
D. Importance: Food offered to manes near this tree becomes inexhaustible (pitṝṇāṁ tatra vai dattam akṣayaṁ bhavati prabho) 3. 82. 72; (yatrāsau kīrtyate viprair akṣayyakaraṇo vaṭaḥ/ yatra dattaṁ pitṛbhyo 'nnam akṣayaṁ bhavati prabho//) 3. 85. 8; the Brāhmaṇas who came there in hundreds offered the Cāturmāsya sacrifices according to the ancient prescription (ārṣeṇa vidhinā) and told pious tales of the high-souled in the sadas (kathāḥ pracakrire puṇyāḥ sadaisithā mahātmanām) 3. 93. 14-15.
E. Epic event: The Pāṇḍavas offered there the Cāturmāsya sacrifices and the great sacrifice to the ṛṣis (tatra te pāṇḍavā vīrā cāturmāsyais tadejire/ṛṣiyajñena mahatā yatrākṣayavaṭo mahān) 3. 93. 13.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Akṣayavaṭa : m.: Name of a tree, also referred to as akṣayyakaraṇo vaṭaḥ (3. 85. 8; 13. 88. 14).
A. Location: Near Gayā (3. 82. 7172; 13. 88. 14; 3. 85. 8); near the river Mahānadī and the lake Gayaśiras 3. 85. 8; 3. 93. 10 (where the lake Brahmasaras is also mentioned).
B. Description: great (mahant) 3. 93. 13; famous in the three worlds (triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ) 3. 82. 72; famous in the worlds (prathito lokeṣu) 13. 88. 14; praised by the Vipras (kīrtyate vipraiḥ) 3. 85. 8.
C. Explanation of the name: Since food offered to manes near this tree becomes inexhaustible (akṣaya), the tree is so called 13. 85. 8 (for citation see below section
D. ).
D. Importance: Food offered to manes near this tree becomes inexhaustible (pitṝṇāṁ tatra vai dattam akṣayaṁ bhavati prabho) 3. 82. 72; (yatrāsau kīrtyate viprair akṣayyakaraṇo vaṭaḥ/ yatra dattaṁ pitṛbhyo 'nnam akṣayaṁ bhavati prabho//) 3. 85. 8; the Brāhmaṇas who came there in hundreds offered the Cāturmāsya sacrifices according to the ancient prescription (ārṣeṇa vidhinā) and told pious tales of the high-souled in the sadas (kathāḥ pracakrire puṇyāḥ sadaisithā mahātmanām) 3. 93. 14-15.
E. Epic event: The Pāṇḍavas offered there the Cāturmāsya sacrifices and the great sacrifice to the ṛṣis (tatra te pāṇḍavā vīrā cāturmāsyais tadejire/ṛṣiyajñena mahatā yatrākṣayavaṭo mahān) 3. 93. 13.
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*1st word in left half of page p285_mci (+offset) in original book.