History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t9.406

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Daśārṇā—(r. rising in m. Ṛkṣa, on which śrāddha, japa, dāna most efficacious) M. 22. 34, K II 37. 35-36, Vā. 45 99, 77. 93. Wilson (vol. II. p. 155) says that it is now called Dasān, which rises in Bhopal and falls into the Betwa. Mbh. cites Vārtikas 7 and 8 on Pāṇ VI. 1. 89 which explain the formation (vol. III p. 69). Daśārṇa is a word meaning a country having ten forts or 'a river (Daśārṇā) having ten waters' The Vārtikas are 'pra-vatsatara-kambalavasanānām ṛṇe' and 'ṛṇadaśābhyāṁ ca'. Meghadūta I. 23-24 show that the capital of the Daśārṇa country was Vidiśā (modern Bhilsā) and the Vetravatī (Betwa river) was near it It is the Dosaron of Ptolemy (p. 71) Bṛ. S. 10. 15 says that Saturn in Uttarāṣāḍhā destroys Daśārṇas.