History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t9.60

v5.c74.t9.60

Āmardaka—Vide T. S. pp. 21-30 quoting SK. It is a Śivaksetra, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas and is so called because sins are crushed here (āmardeyānı pāpānı tasmād-āmardakam matam). On p 22 of TS there is quotation from SK that in the four yugas it was respectively called Jyotirmaya, Mukti, Sparśa and Nāgeśvara It is said to be a linga on p. 22. Vide Victor Cousins' 'Medieval temples of the Dakhan' pp. 77-78 for a description of the temple of Nāganātha and plates CXIII-CXV for the front of the great temple and portions of the wall and pillars of the porch and of the Hall This is probably the same as Āvandhyā Nāganātha (Aundha in Survey of India maps) about 25 miles north-east of Parabhani in the Hydarabad State.