Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1055

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1055

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AŚVATĪRTHA. An ancient holy place on the banks of the river, Ganges, near Kanauj. It was at this place that horses rose from the earth at the request of Rcīka Ṛṣi to Varuṇa (See under Aśvakṛta). (Śloka 17, Chapter 4, M.B.)

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit