History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.564

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Kurukṣetra, (25 miles east of Ambala) 680-686, see under 'Vinaśana', 'Samantapañcaka,' 'Pṛthūdaka', all beings in K are freed from all sins and also those that say 'I shall go to K' 684, Asthīpura is a sub-tīrtha 685, boundaries of, in Tai. Ā 681, called Brahmāvarta 682, country south of Sarasvatī and north of Dṛṣadvatī was included in K. 682; eulogy of the greatness and sanctity of Kurukṣetra in the Epic and purāṇas 684, exhaustive list of tīrthas in K. 686n, explanation of the word K. occurring in the Jābālopaniṣad 610n; extent of, was five yojanas in radius 683, fanciful derivation of K 684n, history of, from Ṛgveda onwards 680-681, in the times of the Brāhmaṇas, Sarasvatī flowed through Kurukṣetra 682; is so called after king Kuru who ploughed the land with a golden plough for seven krośas all round 682n, lake Brahma-saras or Pavanahrada in K 684-685, is referred to under several names 683, limits of, described in a somewhat corrupt verse 683, said to have been the vedi of Brahmā 682, seven holy forests of 561n, 686, sub-tīrthas of 684-686, those dying in K. do not come to the earth again 566, 682n, 683, 684, Vyāsasthalī (modern Basthali, 17 miles south west of Thanesar) is a sub-tīrtha where Vyāsa resolved to die on the loss of his son 685, was called Samantapañcaka and then Kurukṣetra 682, was called Sannihatī or Sannihatyā 686, was centre of Vedic culture in Brāhmaṇa period and was called Dharmakṣetra 610, 683-684