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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Krauñcadvīpa : m.: Name of a dvīpa.
A. Location: It lay to the west of the great mountain Meru (krauñcadvīpo …apareṇa mahāmeror…) 12. 14. 22; the great mountain Krauñca, full of jewels, was in Krauñcadvīpa (krauñcadvīpe mahākrauñco girī ratnacayākaraḥ) 6. 13. 7, 17; the Deśa of the Krauñcadvīpa was known as Kuśala (krauñcasya kuśalo deśo…) 6. 13. 20.
B. Description: It resembled Jambūdvīpa; and the Śākadvīpa which lay to the east of Meru resembled Krauñcadvīpa (jambūdvīpena sadṛśaḥ krauñcadvīpo…/ krauñcadvīpena sadṛśaḥ śākadvīpo…) 12. 14. 22-23; the Deśas of all Dvīpas were frequented by gods and Gandharvas (devagandharvasevitāḥ) 6. 13. 23; the people of these Dvīpas got jewels of all sorts from the Jambudvīpa; due to chastity, truthfulness and self-control of the twice-born, health and longevity was doubled in each next Dvīpa; all Dvīpas had only one Janapada and one dharma; god Prajāpati himself protected the Dvīpas with his raised daṇḍa; he was their king, source of their welfare, their father and grandfather; he protected dull and learned alike; people there always got their food cooked by itself and ready to serve (viprāṇāṁ brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca/ ārogyāyuḥpramāṇābhyāṁ dvīguṇaṁ dviguṇaṁ tataḥ//…īśvaro daṇḍam udyamya svayam eva prajāpatiḥ/dvīpān etān mahārāja rakṣaṁs tiṣṭhati nityadā//sa rājā sa śivo rājan sa pitā sa pitāmahaḥ/…bhojanaṁ cātra kauravya prajāḥ svayam upasthitam/ siddham eva mahārāja bhuñjate tatra nityadā//) 6. 13. 26-31.
C. Epic events:
(1) Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Saṁjaya to describe to him the Krauñcadvīpa along with the other dvīpas 6. 12. 3;
(2) Draupadī reminded Yudhiṣṭhira that he had once caused Krauñcadvīpa to tremble (as also theor the dvīpas) (daṇḍena mṛditas tvayā) 12. 14. 22.
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*4th word in left half of page p719_mci (+offset) in original book.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Krauñcadvīpa : m.: Name of a dvīpa.
A. Location: It lay to the west of the great mountain Meru (krauñcadvīpo …apareṇa mahāmeror…) 12. 14. 22; the great mountain Krauñca, full of jewels, was in Krauñcadvīpa (krauñcadvīpe mahākrauñco girī ratnacayākaraḥ) 6. 13. 7, 17; the Deśa of the Krauñcadvīpa was known as Kuśala (krauñcasya kuśalo deśo…) 6. 13. 20.
B. Description: It resembled Jambūdvīpa; and the Śākadvīpa which lay to the east of Meru resembled Krauñcadvīpa (jambūdvīpena sadṛśaḥ krauñcadvīpo…/ krauñcadvīpena sadṛśaḥ śākadvīpo…) 12. 14. 22-23; the Deśas of all Dvīpas were frequented by gods and Gandharvas (devagandharvasevitāḥ) 6. 13. 23; the people of these Dvīpas got jewels of all sorts from the Jambudvīpa; due to chastity, truthfulness and self-control of the twice-born, health and longevity was doubled in each next Dvīpa; all Dvīpas had only one Janapada and one dharma; god Prajāpati himself protected the Dvīpas with his raised daṇḍa; he was their king, source of their welfare, their father and grandfather; he protected dull and learned alike; people there always got their food cooked by itself and ready to serve (viprāṇāṁ brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca/ ārogyāyuḥpramāṇābhyāṁ dvīguṇaṁ dviguṇaṁ tataḥ//…īśvaro daṇḍam udyamya svayam eva prajāpatiḥ/dvīpān etān mahārāja rakṣaṁs tiṣṭhati nityadā//sa rājā sa śivo rājan sa pitā sa pitāmahaḥ/…bhojanaṁ cātra kauravya prajāḥ svayam upasthitam/ siddham eva mahārāja bhuñjate tatra nityadā//) 6. 13. 26-31.
C. Epic events:
(1) Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Saṁjaya to describe to him the Krauñcadvīpa along with the other dvīpas 6. 12. 3;
(2) Draupadī reminded Yudhiṣṭhira that he had once caused Krauñcadvīpa to tremble (as also theor the dvīpas) (daṇḍena mṛditas tvayā) 12. 14. 22.
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*4th word in left half of page p719_mci (+offset) in original book.