Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3116

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3116

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c7.3116

KURUKṢETRA. 1). General. Made famous by the Mahābhārata, Kurukṣetra is a sacred place situated to the south of the river Sarasvatī and north of Dṛṣadvatī. People who live in this region really live in heaven. (Araṇyakāṇḍa, Chapter 83, Verse 4). According to Pulastya even those who come into contact with the dust blown by the wind from this place meet with auspicious end.

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit