Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 9, Part 2 (1967)
69 (of 180)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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July 1967] TWO PAURANIC SITES OF VIDARBHA 279 fashioned from Kashmiri Stone having 4 hands, three eyes and
trunk.6
There V膩mana constructed a temple with pearl and gold
and giving a village to a Br膩hma峁嘺 arranged the worship of the
deity three times a day and went to his home and then the famous
episode of Vamana and Bali is narrated.
啶啶班ぞ啶膏ぞ啶︵ 啶曕ぞ啶班く啶距ぎ啶距じ 啶班い啷嵿え啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え啶ㄠた啶班啶た啶むぎ啷� 啷� [pr膩s膩da峁� k膩ray膩m膩sa ratnak膩帽cananirmitam |] '
In this way V膩mana saved Indra as well as his kingdom.
Now the place where Vamana worshipped Ga峁噀艣a before going to
beg the land sufficient to take three steps is mentioned as Ad艒sha-
pura which was in Vidarbha.
啶呧う啷嬥し啶距啷嵿く啷� 啶啶班 啶む啶� 啶膏啶ムぞ啶た啶むじ啷嵿く 啶す啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠぞ 啷�
啶︵ざ啶ぞ啶灌啶� 啶啶班じ啶苦う啷嵿ぇ啶膏啶� 啶︵啶� 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶ぞ啶椸い啶� 啷�
[ado峁Ｄ乲hye pure tena sth膩pitasya mah膩tman膩 |
da艣ab膩ho岣� prasiddhasya deva dak峁峁嘺bh膩gata岣� ||
] Now Ad艒shapura being in Vidarbha can be safely identified
with modern Ad膩s膩 (Ad膩s膩 Sonapura) a village in Savan臅ra
Tahsil of Nagpur Distt. and situated at a distance of about 24
miles by road from Nagpur. On a visit there was found an ancient
temple of Vakratunda Ganapati along with the temples of D膿v墨
Bhairava-M膩ruti and Tryambake艣vara on the hills at Ad膩s膩.
All built in rough H膿m膩岣峱anti style and can be safely assigned
to early y膩dava period.鈦�
Local people narrate that the present image of Ganapati
hides another small image of Ganapati made of Kashmiri Stone-
which plainly corroborates the statement of Ga峁噀艣a Pur膩峁嘺. The
presence of seven old tanks-locally called t墨rthas, its hilly position
6. "啶曕ぞ啶多啶啶班啶げ啶溹ぞ啶� 啶膏啶洁く 啶膏啶ムぞ啶く啶ㄠ啶啶む啶むた啶啶む啶むぎ啶距ぎ啷� 啷むイ [k膩艣m墨ropalaj膩峁� so'ya sth膩payanm奴ttimuttam膩m || ] v. 21-
啶氞い啷佮ぐ啷嵿き啷佮啶距 啶む啶班た啶ㄠく啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶多啶｀啶∴ぞ啶︵ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶掂た啶班ぞ啶溹た啶むぎ啷� 啷� [caturbhuj膩峁� trinayan膩峁� 艣u峁囜笉膩da峁囜笉avir膩jitam |] 鈥� V. 22,
G. P. (Kri岣嵞乲handa), Ch. XXXI. V. 21-22 Page 120.
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