Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3703

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VAIDEHA I. The King of Videha. VAIDEHA II. See under Varṇa. VAIDEHA III. Another name of the country of Videha. It has the meaning, that which is in Videha. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 57). VAIDŪRYAPARVATA. A mountain which stands near Gokarṇatīrtha (holy place) in the country of Śūrpāraka (Kerala). Agastya once built a hermitage on this mountain. If one bathes in the river Narmadā, after having visited this Vaidūrya mountain one could attain the holy worlds. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 33, Verse 13). VAIDYA. One of the sons born to Varuṇa by his wife Sunādevī. His sons Ghrṇi and Muni fought with each other and died. (Vāyu: 84: 6-8). VAIHĀYASA. A cavity or a sacred pit (kuṇḍa) situated near the hermitage of Naranārāyaṇas. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 127, Stanza 3). VAIJAYANTA I. The capital city of an asura named Timidhvaja, otherwise called Śambara. (See under Timidhvaja). VAIJAYANTA II. Name of the flag of Indra. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 42, Stanza 8). VAIJAYANTA III. A mountain standing in the middle of the sea of Milk. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 35, Stanza 9, that Brahmā comes to this mountain daily for devotion and meditation. VAIJAYANTĪ. Two bells of Airāvata. Indra presented these two bells to Subrahmanya, who, in his turn, gave one of them to Viśākha. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 231, Stanza 13). VAIKARTANA. Another name of Karṇa. VAIKHĀNASA. A philosopher. He had written a book known as ‘Vaikhānasadharmapraśna’. Matters concerning the duties of a forest-house-holder, occupation suitable for children born of wedlocks which are in accordance with natural law as well as contrary to the natural order, etc. are dealt with in detail, in this book. A large number of quotations from Vaikhānasadharmapraśna occur in Manusmṛti. VAIKHĀNASAS. A group of hermits of the Vedic age. There were hundred hermits in this group. (Rgveda, 9: 66). They were born from the finger nail of Brahmā. (Taittirīya, 1, 23). VAIKUṆTHA I. The dwelling place of Mahāviṣṇu. VAIKUṆTHA II. Another name of Mahāviṣṇu. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 342, Stanza 80, that when Viṣṇu made creation with the five elements, his powers did not have any hindrance (Kuṇṭhita) and so he got the name Vaikuṇṭha. VAIKUṆTHA III. A Brahmin saint who lived in the Tretāyuga. The living things got deliverance from sin, the moment they came into contact with him. This power of Vaikuṇṭha to give living things deliverance, is mentioned in Padma Purāṇa, Brahma khaṇḍa, Chapter 3, as follows: