Harikanta
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Harikanta (हरिकान्ता) is the name of a river mentioned in Jaina records Jambudvipa Pragyapti (4,34,35) emerging from Padmahrada Lake. Other rivers emerging from this lake are Ganga, Rohita and Sindhu rivers. [1]
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Origin
Variants
- Harikanta River हरिकांता (AS, p.1009)
- Harikāntā (हरिकान्ता)
History
Various definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism
Harikāntā (हरिकान्ता) is the name of a river mentioned as flowing through Hari together with the Harit river. Hari is one of the seven regions (kṣetra) of Jambūdvīpa according to Jaina cosmology. Jambūdvīpa sits at the centre of madhyaloka (‘middle world’) is the most important of all continents and it is here where human beings reside.
Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 3: The Lower and middle worlds
Harikāntā (हरिकान्ता ) is the name of a river that, coupled with the Harit river, separates the Harivarṣa region. Harivarṣa refers to one of the regions of Jambūdvīpa: the first continent of the Madhya-loka (middle-word), according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 3.10. The Harikāntā river flows westwards. The Harit and Harikāntā rivers have 56000 tributaries.
Jambūdvīpa (where flows the Harikāntā river) is in the centre of all continents and oceans; all continents and oceans are concentric circles with Jambūdvīpa in the centre. Like the navel is in the centre of the body, Jambūdvīpa is in the centre of all continents and oceans. Sumeru Mount is in the centre of Jambūdvīpa. It is also called Mount Sudarśana.
Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 4: The celestial beings (deva)
Harikānta (हरिकान्त) refers to one of the two Indras (lords) of the Vidyutakumāra (lightning youths) class of “residential celestial beings” (bhavanavāsin), itself a main division of devas (celestial beings) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 4.3. The Vidyutakumāras are luminous like an electric. Hariṣeṇa and Harikānta are the two lords in the Fiendish-youths residential celestial beings.
हरिकांता नदी
हरिकांता (AS, p.1009): जैन ग्रंथ जंदुद्वीपप्रज्ञप्ति के अनुसार (4,34,35) हिमालय की पद्महृद झील से निकलने वाली एक नदी है। हरिकांता के अतिरिक्त इस झील से निकलने वाली अन्य नदियों में गंगा, रोहिता और सिंधु की गणना की गई है। [2]