Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.28

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.28

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c8.28

MADHUVILĀ (MADHUBILĀ). A river which flows in the neighbourhood of Kardamila kṣetra. This river has another name Samaṅga. This is a very sacred tīrtha. Indra who became a Brahmahatyā-sinner by killing Vṛtrāsura was absolved of his sins by taking a bath in this river. Aṣṭāvakra, the sage with eight bends in his body, got himself perfect by taking a bath in this river obeying the orders of his father Kahoḍaka. (Chapter 135, Vana Parva).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit