The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.4
The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.4
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c5.s5.4
Gajendra-moksha—1. Sonepur, at the confluence of the Ganges and the Gaṇḍak, where the fight took place between the elephant and the alligator (see Visâlâ-chhatra and Harihara-kshetra). 2. A place of pilgrimage on the bank of the Tâmraparṇî, twenty miles to the west of Tinnevelly, visited by Chaitanya (Chaitanya-charitâmṛita, II, 9) The Vâmana Purâṇa (ch. 84) places it at the Trikûṭa mountain.
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- Vāmanapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- চৈতন্যচরিতামৃত — Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja 1580, Bengali