Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.13

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.13

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c7.13

GADĀVASĀNA. A particular centre in Madhurāpurī. The name owes its origin to the following reason. When Kṛṣṇa killed Kaṃsa, his father-in-law Jarāsandha got so angry that he hurled his gadā (club) ninety-nine times at Madhurāpurī from his capital, Girivraja. The spot where the gadā finally fell came to be called Gadāvasāna in course of time. (M. B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 18, Verses 22-25).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit