लोहित्य

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

लोहित्यः [lōhityḥ], 1 A kind of rice.

N. of the river Brahmaputra; see लौहित्य.

Monier-Williams

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

लोहित्य m. a kind of rice L.

लोहित्य m. N. of a man Hariv. ( v.l. , लौह्)

लोहित्य m. of the ब्रह्म-पुत्रriver VarBr2S. ( v.l. for लौह्)

लोहित्य m. of a village R.

लोहित्य m. of the blood sea near कुश-द्वीपL.

Purana Encyclopedia

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

Lohitya^1, Lauhitya^2  : m.: Name of the river Brahmaputra.


A. Location: In the east (yayau prācīṁ diśaṁ prati) 2. 26. 1; at the other end of the mountain Himavant, rising on the mountain of sunrise, flowing to the Vāriṣena (?) ocean (parārdhe himavataḥ sūryodayagirau…/vāriṣeṇasamudrānte lohityam abhitaś ca) 2. 48. 8.


B. Description: Called a big river (mahānadaḥ) 13. 151. 16.


C. Epic event:

(1) Bhīmasena reached it in his expedition to the east before the Rājasūya (lauhityam agamad balī); he collected there tributes of all sorts from all the Mleccha kings who lived in the islands of the ocean (Vāriṣeṇa ?) (lauhityam agamad balī/sa sarvān mlecchanṛpatīn sāgaradvīpavāsinaḥ/ karam āhārayām āsa) 2. 27. 24-26;

(2) The Kirāta kings who lived near the Lohitya river brought tribute to Yudhiṣṭhira at the time of his Rājasūya sacrifice; the tribute consisted of sandal-wood and other fragrant substances and heaps of skins, jewels and gold 2. 48. 9-10.


D. Importance: Finds mention in the Daivata-Ṛṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 16, 2.


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Lohitya^2, Lauhitya^3  : nt.: Name of a tīrtha.

The tīrtha was established in the bygone days by the grace of Rāma (Bhārgava); by visiting it one gets much gold (rāmasya ca prasādena tīrthaṁ rājan kṛtaṁ purā/ tal lohityaṁ samāsādya vindyād bahu suvarṇakam//) 3. 83. 2; by visiting the Lauhitya tīrtha and by bathing there, according to the rites, at the conjunction of Urvaśī (?) and Kṛttikā a person who is well composed gets the fruit of a Puṇḍarīka sacrifice (urvaśīkṛttikāyoge gatvā yaḥ susamāhitaḥ/lauhitye vidhivat snātvā puṇḍarīkaphalaṁ labhet) 13. 26. 43 (For Nī. see p. 244. 2 under Kṛttikā ).


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Mahabharata Cultural Index

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

Lohitya^1, Lauhitya^2  : m.: Name of the river Brahmaputra.


A. Location: In the east (yayau prācīṁ diśaṁ prati) 2. 26. 1; at the other end of the mountain Himavant, rising on the mountain of sunrise, flowing to the Vāriṣena (?) ocean (parārdhe himavataḥ sūryodayagirau…/vāriṣeṇasamudrānte lohityam abhitaś ca) 2. 48. 8.


B. Description: Called a big river (mahānadaḥ) 13. 151. 16.


C. Epic event:

(1) Bhīmasena reached it in his expedition to the east before the Rājasūya (lauhityam agamad balī); he collected there tributes of all sorts from all the Mleccha kings who lived in the islands of the ocean (Vāriṣeṇa ?) (lauhityam agamad balī/sa sarvān mlecchanṛpatīn sāgaradvīpavāsinaḥ/ karam āhārayām āsa) 2. 27. 24-26;

(2) The Kirāta kings who lived near the Lohitya river brought tribute to Yudhiṣṭhira at the time of his Rājasūya sacrifice; the tribute consisted of sandal-wood and other fragrant substances and heaps of skins, jewels and gold 2. 48. 9-10.


D. Importance: Finds mention in the Daivata-Ṛṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 16, 2.


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Lohitya^2, Lauhitya^3  : nt.: Name of a tīrtha.

The tīrtha was established in the bygone days by the grace of Rāma (Bhārgava); by visiting it one gets much gold (rāmasya ca prasādena tīrthaṁ rājan kṛtaṁ purā/ tal lohityaṁ samāsādya vindyād bahu suvarṇakam//) 3. 83. 2; by visiting the Lauhitya tīrtha and by bathing there, according to the rites, at the conjunction of Urvaśī (?) and Kṛttikā a person who is well composed gets the fruit of a Puṇḍarīka sacrifice (urvaśīkṛttikāyoge gatvā yaḥ susamāhitaḥ/lauhitye vidhivat snātvā puṇḍarīkaphalaṁ labhet) 13. 26. 43 (For Nī. see p. 244. 2 under Kṛttikā ).


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