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simply beauty. On the basis of Puranic tradition, Lak峁�mi is the mistress of the k峁�etra and hence the place (Puri town) often called as 艢r墨k峁�etra. According to Alexander Cunningham, the ancient name of the present Puri town was Caritra or Caritrapura. It is mentioned by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang in his account i.e. Si-yu-ki as Che-li-Ta-Lo, which was situated on the shore of the Ocean. 'There is a lot of controversy among the scholars with regard to the identification of Che-Li-T膩-Lo with present Puri town. N.K. Sahu gives a new interpretation of the word Che-Li-Ta-Lo. By taking Che-Li to be 艢r墨 and Ta-Lo to be tra and combining it he puts forth the new word 艢r墨tra and suggests it as 艢r墨k峁�etra with the middle syllable k峁�e being dropped. He thus supports the identification with Puri, which is also known as 艢r墨k峁�etra.10On the other hand, K.S. Behera opines that the proper restoration of this name should be a variant of 艢r墨k峁�etra but it is possible that Lord Purusottama existed during Hiuen Ts盲ng's visit (period). "Probably, the word 'Che-Li-Ta-Lo' mentioned by Chinese pilgrim (Hiuen Ts盲ng) may be identified with the modern Puri Town. 12 Pandita Surya Narayan Das has referred to other ancient names of this
k峁�etra as Bhauma k峁�etra and Dibya k峁�etra.鹿虏 S.N.Rajguru has mentioned that the
name of this k峁�etra was Puru峁�apura or Puru峁�ama峁囜笉apa and in this Puru峁�apura,
Lord Purusottama was being worshipped much before the 4th century AD.13
It is one of the fascinating aspects of the cultural history of Orissa that
religion became the part of Orissan kingship. The early development of this
relationship can be traced back to the Somava峁僺i period. It is said that in order to
strentgthen and legitimize their rule in the Puri region, which was then known as
Purusottama k峁�etra,the rulers have utilized the religious faith of the people upon
Lord. Purusottama. The word 'Purusottama' is the name of the divinity, the
noblest male deity of this k峁�etra. Arjun Joshi has described that the name
Purusottama k峁�etra is derived from the name of presiding deity of the k峁�etra."
After the construction of the great temple of Lord Purusottama at this k峁�etra, the
place became famous as the abode of Lord Purusottama or Purusottama k峁�etra. In
the N膩gari Copper plate charter of Anangabhima Deva-III dated Saka
year 1152
i.e. corresponding to 1230 AD, the place is recorded as Purusottama k峁�etra.15 Ain-
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