Akarsha
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Akarsha (आकर्ष) is a country mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi and also in Mahabharata.
Variants
Akarsha (आकर्ष) (AS, p.59)
Origin
Mention by Panini
Akarsha (आकर्श) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [1]
History
आकर्ष
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ...आकर्ष (AS, p.59) नामक एक देश का उल्लेख महाभारत में हुआ है- 'आकर्षा: कुन्तलाश्चैव मालवाश्चांध्रकास्तथा' (महाभारत 2,32,11) प्रसंग से जान पड़ता है कि आकर्ष महाभारत काल में दक्षिणापथ का एक देश था।
In Mahabharata
Akarsha (आकर्ष) Mahabharata (II.31.11)
Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 31 mentions the Kshatriyas who brought tributes on Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhisthira. Akarsha (आकर्ष) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.31.11).[3]....and Vasudeva the king of the Paundrakas, and the kings of Vanga and Kalinga; and Akarsha and Kuntala and the kings of the Malavas and the Andhrakas;....
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References
- ↑ V S Agarwal: India as Known to Panini, p. 165, 235
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.
- ↑ पौण्ड्रकॊ वासुदेवश च वङ्गः कालिङ्गकस तदा, आकर्षः कुन्तलश चैव वानवास्यान्ध्रकास तदा (II.31.11)