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A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1095

A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1095

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c5.1095

MAHISHMATĪ, MĀHISHMATĪ. The capital of Kārtavīrya, king of the Tālajanghas, who had a thousand arms. It has been identified by Colonel Tod with the village of Chuli Maheswar, which, according to him, is still called “the village of the thousand-armed.”