The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.51.4

v2.c17.51.4

The name of his city, Vyāsa Kāśi, has ever since been associated with failure. Other instances on the part of priests, sages and princes may be easily multiplied. Some time ago a rich man in Calcutta attempted to establish an Earthly Kailāśa (Bhúkailāśa) in imitation of the heavenly mansion on the crest of Mount Kailāśa, and another, a Secret Vṛndāvana (Gupta Vṛndāvana) as a rival of the holy grove near Mathurā ; and in the case of a highly successful prince and revivalist like Yayāti, an attempt of the kind was just the thing that would be most probable. Of course it is not to be assumed that it was during his reign that Śiva worship was first introduced into Orissa, or even into Bhuvaneśvara. As already stated (ante l, Chap. V.) both Śivaism and Vaiṣṇavism had existed in Orissa from a much earlier period than that of Yayāti, and contemporaneously with Buddhism, for there is nothing to show that at any time in the history of Śākya's faith it had completely superseded Hinduism in any province or district ; it rose, it prevailed, overpowered Hinduism ; but it never, and amidst no large community, completely extirpated it. The origin of phallic worship, as already shown, dates from long before the commencement of Buddhism ; and there is no ground to question its existence at Bhuvaneśvara from before the age of Śākya Siṃha ; but the sanctification of the place as a favourite abode of Śiva must, I believe, have taken place in the time of Yayāti and his immediate successors.