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Bhirukaccha, Bhiru-kaccha: 5 definitions

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Bhirukaccha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Bhirukachchha.

India history and geography

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Bhirukaccha in India history glossary
: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

Bhirukaccha (भिरुकच्छ) or Bhirukaccha is the name of a city named after Bhiru according to the پ屹Բ, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—In the پ屹Բ there is a very interesting story accounting for the name of the city. It is said that Rudrāyaṇa, King of Roruka (may be identical with Alor, an old city of Sindh), in Sauvīra was killed by his son Sikhaṇḍi. As a punishment of this crime, the realm of Sikhaṇḍī, the parricide king, was destroyed by a heavy shower of sands. Three pious men only survived—two ministers and a Buddhist monk—who went out in search of a new land. Bhiru, one of the two ministers at last found one and established a new city there which came to he named after him—Bhiruka or Bhirukaccha whence came the name Bharukaccha.

Bhrigukaccha is, however, the Sanskrit rendering which means ’high coast land� and the city is exactly situated on a high coast land. According to Brahmanical tradition, the city was so called because it was founded by the sage Bhrigu. Bhrigukaccha is mentioned in the Kūrmavibhāga and Bhuvanakoṣa; and it is identical with Barygaza of Ptolemy and the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea. It is modern Broach in Kathiawar.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Bhirukaccha in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bhirukaccha (भिरुकच्छ).�nt., another name for prec. (2): پ屹Բ 576.25.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bhirukaccha (भिरुकच्छ):—[=bhiru-kaccha] [from bhiru] n. Name of a town, [ib.]

2) īܰ첹 (भीरुकच्छ):—[=ī-첹] [from bhīru > bhī] m. [plural] Name of a people, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa] ([probably] [wrong reading] for bharu-k).

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