Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Kanyakubja included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, 鈥榯he five characteristics of a Purana鈥�).
Story of Kanyakubja
(碍膧狈驰础碍鲍叠闯础).
General information.
A city of Pur膩峁噄c fame on the banks of the river 骋补峁単腻. This is the same place which is now known as Kanauj. 痴颈艣惫腻尘颈迟谤补 was the son of 骋腻诲丑颈, King of 碍补苍测腻办耻产箩补.
Origin of this city.
Once there was a great sage named 碍耻艣补 who was the son of 叠谤补丑尘腻. He had of his wife 痴补颈诲补谤产丑墨 four sons named 碍耻艣腻尘产补, 碍耻艣补n膩bha, As奴rtarajasa and Vasu. 碍耻艣补 asked them each to rule a country and so each of them built a city of his own. 碍耻艣腻尘产补 named his city 碍补耻艣腻尘产墨, 碍耻艣补n膩bha gave his city the name of Mahodayapura, As奴rtarajasa called his city 顿丑补谤尘腻谤补峁噛补 and Vasu called his city Girivraja. Of these Mahodayapura, city of 碍耻艣补n膩bha, became later famous as 碍补苍测腻办耻产箩补. (叠腻濒补 碍腻峁囜笉补, 痴腻濒尘墨办颈 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺).
How Mahodayapura became 碍补苍测腻办耻产箩补.
碍耻艣补n膩bha begot a hundred daughters of the nymph 骋丑峁泃腻肠墨 Those beautiful girls were once playing in the forests when the wind-god fell in love with them. The girls rejected his love and 痴腻测耻 getting angry with them cursed them and made them hunchbacks. Because the hundred 碍补苍测补办腻蝉 (girls) became Kubj膩s (hunchbacks) at that place, the place became known as 碍补苍测腻办耻产箩补.
When the daughters returned to the palace as hunchbacks 碍耻艣补n膩bha was greatly distressed. Weeping, the girls told him what had happened. At that time a sage named C奴l墨 was performing penance in a forest nearby. Somad膩, daughter of 弄谤尘颈濒腻, a gandharva lady, married C奴l墨 and they got a son named Brahmadatta. This Brahmadatta married the hundred hunchbacks of 碍耻艣补n膩bha and the very touch of Brahmadatta transformed the hunchbacks into beautiful girls.
After having given his daughters in marriage 碍耻艣补n膩bha conducted a Putrak膩me峁ａ弓i y膩ga to get a son. In that Y膩ga 叠谤补丑尘腻 appeared in person and blessed 碍耻艣补n膩bha and he got a son. The son was named 骋腻诲丑颈.* 骋腻诲丑颈 got a son and a daughter. The son was named 痴颈艣惫腻尘颈迟谤补 and the daughter, 厂补迟测补惫补迟墨. 峁歝墨办补 married 厂补迟测补惫补迟墨. 骋腻诲丑颈 and 痴颈艣惫腻尘颈迟谤补 were the rulers of 碍补苍测腻办耻产箩补. See under '峁歝墨办补, 痴颈艣惫腻尘颈迟谤补'鈥�(Sargas 32 to 34, 叠腻濒补k膩峁囜笉a, 痴腻濒尘墨办颈 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺).
狈腻谤补诲补 and 碍补苍测腻办耻产箩补.
There was a very big lake in 碍补苍测腻办耻产箩补. 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 once showed 惭腻测腻 to 狈腻谤补诲补 at that place. (See under '狈腻谤补诲补').
痴颈艣惫腻尘颈迟谤补 and Indra take wine together.
痴颈艣惫腻尘颈迟谤补 and Indra took wine together at 碍补苍测腻办耻产箩补. (艢濒辞办补 17, Chapter 87, Vana Parva).
*) 骋腻诲丑颈鈥擳his is found as '骋腻诲丑颈' in 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 and '骋腻诲丑补' in 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺.