Avamukta
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Avamukta (अवमुक्त) was an ancient Dakshinapatha kingdom near Kanchi ruled by Nilaraja and defeated by Samudragupta.
Origin
Variants
- Avamukta (अवमुक्त) = Avamuktaka (अवमुक्तक) (AS, p.47)
- Avamuktaka (अवमुक्तक) (AS, p.47)
History
Tej Ram Sharma[1] writes about Avamukta (अवमुक्त) in Allahabad Stone Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta (=A.D.335-76) (No. 1, L. 19).
Line. 19: Allahabad Stone Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta (A.D. 335-76) mentions Kanchi in Line-19: -Whose great good fortune was mixed with, so as to be increased by (his) glory produced by the favour shewn in capturing and then liberating Mahendra of Kosala, Vyāghraraja of Mahākantāra, Mantarāja of Kurūḷa, Mahendra of Pishtapura, Svāmidatta of Kottura on the hill, Damana of Erandapalla, Vishnugopa of Kānchi, Nīlarāja of Avamukta, Hastivarman of Vengā, Ugrasena of Palakka, Kubera of Devarāshtra, Dhananjaya of Kusthalapura, and all the other kings of the region of the south;- L-19. कोसलमहेन्द्र-माहकान्तारकव्याघ्रराज-कौरालकमण्टराज-पैष्टपुरक-महेन्द्रगिरि-कौट्टूरक, स्वामिदत्तैरण्डपल्लकदमन-काञ्चेयकविष्णुगोपावसमुक्त्तक-
This Inscription No. 1 refers to Avamukta as one of the countries in Dakshinapatha subdued by Samudragupta . Its ruler was Nilaraja.[2] . Avamukta has not been identified with certainty. Some scholars on the basis of the similarity of names identify it with Avimukta another name of Kasi. [3] But the suggestion cannot be accepted. Avamukta of the inscription was a country in the South while Avimukta or Kasi is an eastern country. It may be considered to be situated in the Godavari district. [4] According to D.B. Diskalkar it must lay on the Eastern Ghats which lie to the west of Kanchi or Conjeevaram. [5]
अवमुक्त - अवमुक्तक
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[6] ने लेख किया है ...अवमुक्त या अवमुक्तक (AS, p.47): एक तीर्थस्थान जिसे ब्रह्मपुराण 113, 22 में कांची या कांचीपुरम में गोदावरी नदी के तट पर स्थित एक नगर बताया गया था। शायद महाराजाधिराज समुद्रगुप्त की प्रयाग-प्रशस्ति में इसका अवमुक्तक रूप में उल्लेख है। समुद्रगुप्त ने अवमुक्तक के शासक नीलराज को विजित किया था- 'कांचेयक विष्णुगोप, अवमुक्तक, नीलराज, वैंगीयक हस्तिवर्मा।' अवमुक्त कांची या कांचीपुरम के पास कोई नगर था।
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References
- ↑ Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions/Place-Names and their Suffixes,p.253, s.n.1
- ↑ No. I, L. 20.
- ↑ History of Dharmasastra by P. V. Kane , Vol. IV, p. 626
- ↑ H. C. Raychaudhuri, Political History of Ancient India, p. 453, also see note 5.
- ↑ Diskalkar, Selections From Sanskrit Inscriptions. Vol. I, Part II, p. 33, see in Kanchi.
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.47