कंयकुब्ज

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

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

Kanyakubja  : nt.: Name of a city.


A. Location: Near Gaṅgā, where on its bank there is a tīrtha known to men as Aśvatīrtha (adūre kanyakubjasya gaṅgāyāṣ tīram uttamam/aśvatīrthaṁ tad adyāpi mānavāḥ paricakṣate) 13. 4. 17; 3. 115. 17.


B. Past events:

(1) There was once a king called Gādhi(n) who ruled at Kanyakubja (kanyakubje mahān āsīt pārthivo bharatarṣabha/gādhīti viśruto loke) 1. 165. 3; 3. 115. 9; formerly at Kanyukubja Ṛcīka Bhārgava, chose Satyavatī, daughter of Gādhi, for his wife (purā hi kanyakubje vai gādheḥ satyavatīṁ sutām/bhāryārthe 'varayat kanyām ṛcīkaḥ) 5. 117. 4; at Kanyakubja, near the river Gaṅgā, Gādhi gave his daughter Satyavatī to Ṛcīka, son of Bhṛgu; in this marriage gods acted as companions of the bridegroom (gaṅgāyāṁ kanyakubje vai dadau satyavatīṁ tadā/ tato gādhiḥ sutāṁ tasmai janyāś cāsan surās tadā) 3. 115. 17;

(2) Jāmadagnya sang in an anuvaṁśa stanza that Kauśika (Viśvāmitra) drank Soma with Indra at Kanyakubja (yatrānuvaṁśaṁ bhagavāñ jāmadagnyas tadā jagau/…kanyakubje 'pibat somam indreṇa saha kauśikaḥ) 3. 85. 11-12.


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Mahabharata Cultural Index

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

Kanyakubja  : nt.: Name of a city.


A. Location: Near Gaṅgā, where on its bank there is a tīrtha known to men as Aśvatīrtha (adūre kanyakubjasya gaṅgāyāṣ tīram uttamam/aśvatīrthaṁ tad adyāpi mānavāḥ paricakṣate) 13. 4. 17; 3. 115. 17.


B. Past events:

(1) There was once a king called Gādhi(n) who ruled at Kanyakubja (kanyakubje mahān āsīt pārthivo bharatarṣabha/gādhīti viśruto loke) 1. 165. 3; 3. 115. 9; formerly at Kanyukubja Ṛcīka Bhārgava, chose Satyavatī, daughter of Gādhi, for his wife (purā hi kanyakubje vai gādheḥ satyavatīṁ sutām/bhāryārthe 'varayat kanyām ṛcīkaḥ) 5. 117. 4; at Kanyakubja, near the river Gaṅgā, Gādhi gave his daughter Satyavatī to Ṛcīka, son of Bhṛgu; in this marriage gods acted as companions of the bridegroom (gaṅgāyāṁ kanyakubje vai dadau satyavatīṁ tadā/ tato gādhiḥ sutāṁ tasmai janyāś cāsan surās tadā) 3. 115. 17;

(2) Jāmadagnya sang in an anuvaṁśa stanza that Kauśika (Viśvāmitra) drank Soma with Indra at Kanyakubja (yatrānuvaṁśaṁ bhagavāñ jāmadagnyas tadā jagau/…kanyakubje 'pibat somam indreṇa saha kauśikaḥ) 3. 85. 11-12.


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*1st word in left half of page p522_mci (+offset) in original book.