अश्वतीर्थ
यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः
[सम्पाद्यताम्]Monier-Williams
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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
अश्वतीर्थ/ अश्व--तीर्थ n. N. of a place of pilgrimage near कान्यकुब्जon the गङ्गाMBh. iii , 11052 ; xiii , 216.
Purana Encyclopedia
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Aśvatīrtha : nt.: Name of a tīrtha.
A. Location: The bank of the Ganges, not far from the city Kanyakubja, “is even now known as Aśvatīrtha” (adūre kanyakubjasya gaṅgāyās tīram uttamam/aśvatīrthaṁ tad adyāpi mānavāḥ paricakṣate) 13. 4. 17; one of the tīrthas on Gomatī 3. 93. 2.
B. Description: Holy (puṇya) 3. 93. 2.
C. Origin: Varuṇa gave to Bhārgava Ṛcīka one thousand white (pāṇḍura), shining like the moon (candravarcas), and swift (tarasvin) horses who had a black ear on one side (ekataḥśyāmakarṇa); the horses were meant to be given by Ṛcika to Gādhi, king of Kanyakubja, as a dowry for marrying his daughter 3. 115. 9, 12; 5. 117. 5; 13. 4. 14, 16; the place where the horses emerged from the water of Gaṅgā (13. 4. 16) came to be known as Aśvatīrtha (tad aśvatīrthaṁ vikhyātam utthitā yatra te hayāḥ) 3. 115. 16; 5. 117. 6.
D. Religious importance: After bathing there, the Pāṇḍavas gave away cows and riches 3. 93. 2; they repeatedly offered there offerings to gods and manes and satisfied the Brāhmaṇas (tatra devān pitṝn viprāṁs tarpayitvā punaḥ punaḥ) 3. 93. 3.
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Mahabharata Cultural Index
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Aśvatīrtha : nt.: Name of a tīrtha.
A. Location: The bank of the Ganges, not far from the city Kanyakubja, “is even now known as Aśvatīrtha” (adūre kanyakubjasya gaṅgāyās tīram uttamam/aśvatīrthaṁ tad adyāpi mānavāḥ paricakṣate) 13. 4. 17; one of the tīrthas on Gomatī 3. 93. 2.
B. Description: Holy (puṇya) 3. 93. 2.
C. Origin: Varuṇa gave to Bhārgava Ṛcīka one thousand white (pāṇḍura), shining like the moon (candravarcas), and swift (tarasvin) horses who had a black ear on one side (ekataḥśyāmakarṇa); the horses were meant to be given by Ṛcika to Gādhi, king of Kanyakubja, as a dowry for marrying his daughter 3. 115. 9, 12; 5. 117. 5; 13. 4. 14, 16; the place where the horses emerged from the water of Gaṅgā (13. 4. 16) came to be known as Aśvatīrtha (tad aśvatīrthaṁ vikhyātam utthitā yatra te hayāḥ) 3. 115. 16; 5. 117. 6.
D. Religious importance: After bathing there, the Pāṇḍavas gave away cows and riches 3. 93. 2; they repeatedly offered there offerings to gods and manes and satisfied the Brāhmaṇas (tatra devān pitṝn viprāṁs tarpayitvā punaḥ punaḥ) 3. 93. 3.
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*1st word in right half of page p290_mci (+offset) in original book.