Divyakata

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Divyakata (दिव्यकट) is a city mentioned in Mahabharata which was subjugated by Nakula.

Variants

• Divyakata/Divya-kata (दिव्यकट) (AS, p.438)
• Divyakutta

दिव्यकट

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...दिव्यकट (AS, p.438) नामक नगर का उल्लेख महाभारत, सभापर्व में हुआ है। महाभारत के अनुसार नकुल की दिग्विजय यात्रा के प्रसंग में इस नगर को नकुल द्वारा जीते जाने का उल्लेख है- 'कृत्स्नं पंचनदं चैव तदैवामरपर्वतम्, उत्तरं ज्योतिषं चैव तथा दिव्यकठंपुरम्' महाभारत, सभापर्व 32, 11. उपर्युक्त प्रसंग से जान पड़ता है कि दिव्यकट की स्थिति कश्मीर या पंजाब के पहाड़ी प्रदेश में कहीं रही होगी।

In Mahabharata

Divyakata (दिव्यकट) in Mahabharata (II.29.10)

Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 29mentions the Countries subjugated by Nakula in West. Divyakata (दिव्यकट) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.29.10) ....And making circuitous journey that bull among men (Nakula) then conquered the (Mlechcha) tribes called the Utsava-sanketas. And the illustrious hero soon brought under subjection the mighty Gramaniya that dwelt on the shore of the sea, and the Sudras and the Abhiras that dwelt on the banks of the Saraswati, and all those tribes that lived upon fisheries, and those also that dwelt on the mountains, and the whole of the country called after the five rivers, and the mountains called Amara, and the country called Uttarayotisha and the city of and the tribe called Dwarapala.