Bahirgiri
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Bahirgiri बहिर्गिरि is janapada and mountain mentioned in Mahabharata and by Panini in Ashtadhyayi.
Variants
Bahirgiri बहिर्गिरि (AS, p.615)
Origin
Mention by Panini
Bahirgiri बहिर्गिरि is name of a Mountain mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [1]
History
The Puranas mention seven sub-divisions of ancient India:Misra, Sudama (1973). [2]
Prachya (Eastern region) includes Bahirgiri Janapada in Puranas:
The Puranic texts mention the following janapadas: [3]
| Janapada | Region | Name in the various Puranas (IAST) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matsya (Ch.114) |
Vayu (Ch.45) |
Markandeya (Ch.57) |
Vamana (Ch.13) |
Brahmanda (Ch.16) | ||
| Bahirgiri | Eastern | Bahirgiri | Bahirgiri | Bahirgiri | Bahirgiri | Bahirgiri |
बहिर्गिरि
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[4] ने लेख किया है ...बहिर्गिरि (AS, p.615) का उल्लेख महाभारत, सभापर्व में हुआ है। इस उल्लेख के अनुसार अपनी दिग्विजय यात्रा के प्रसंग में पाण्डव अर्जुन ने 'अंतर्गिरि', 'बहिर्गिरि' और 'उपगिरि' नामक हिमालय के पर्वतीय प्रदेशों को विजित किया था- 'अंतर्गिरि च कौंतेयस्तेथैव च बहिर्गिरिम् तथैवोपगिरि चैव विजिग्वे पुरुषषैभ:।'[5] (देखें उपगिरि, अंतर्गिरि)
बहिर्गिरि हिमालय का बाहरी भाग अथवा निचला तराई वाला क्षेत्र है।
In Mahabharata
Bahirgiri (बहिर्गिरि) (II.24.2)
Bahirgiri (बहिर्गिरि) (VI.10.48)
Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 24 mentions the countries subjugated by Arjuna that lay to the North. Bahirgiri (बहिर्गिरि) is listed in verse (II.24.2). [6]
Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 10 describes geography and provinces of Bharatavarsha. Bahirgiri (बहिर्गिरि) province is mentioned in (VI.10.48). [7]....:the Andhras and many hilly tribes, and many tribes residing on lands laying at the foot of the hills, and the Angamaladas, Magadha and the Mana-Varjakas (Maan)+(Bardak);...
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References
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.39
- ↑ Janapada state in ancient India. Vārāṇasī: Bhāratīya Vidyā Prakāśana.p.45
- ↑ Misra, Sudama (1973). Janapada state in ancient India. Vārāṇasī: Bhāratīya Vidyā Prakāśana. p=306-321
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.98
- ↑ महाभारत, सभापर्व 27, 3
- ↑ अन्तर गिरिं च कौन्तेयस तदैव च बहिर्गिरिम, तदॊपरि गिरिं चैव विजिग्ये पुरुषर्षभः (II.24.2)
- ↑ अन्ध्राश च बहवॊ राजन्न अन्तर्गिर्यास तदैव च, बहिर्गिर्य आङ्गमलदा मागधा मानवर्जकाः(VI.10.48)
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