Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2434

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2434

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c4.2434

BHŪTĀLAYA (M). A famous village in the purāṇas. It was a resort of thieves and robbers. Dead bodies were often thrown into the river which was flowing through this village. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 129, verse 9 says that it was against Śāstras to bathe in this river.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit