Govasa

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Govasa (गोवास) was a place name mentioned in Mahabharata.

Variants

• Govasa (गोवास) (AS, p.307)

History

Govasa as a place is mentioned in Rajatarangini.

गोवास

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...गोवास (AS, p.307) नामक स्थान का उल्लेख महाभारत, कर्णपर्व 73, 17 में हुआ है- 'गोवास दासमीयानां वसातीनां च भारत, प्राच्यानां वाटधानानां भोजनां चाभिमानिनाम्' गोवास संभवत: शिवि देश का ही दूसरा नाम था। यह देश गोधन के लिए प्रसिद्ध था। इस देश की सेनाएँ महाभारत के युद्ध में धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्र दुर्योधन की ओर से शामिल हुईं थीं जैसा कि उपर्युक्त श्लोक के प्रसंग में वर्णित हैं। महाभारत, सभापर्व 51, 5 में भी गोवास निवासियों का उल्लेख है- 'गोवासना ब्रह्मणाश्च दासमीयाश्च सर्वश:।' गोवास के निवासी युधिष्ठर के राजसूय यज्ञ में भी सम्मिलित हुए थे।

In Mahabharata

Govasa (गॊवास) in Mahabharata (VIII.51.16)

Karna Parva/Mahabharata Book VIII Chapter 51 describes terrible massacre and warriors who were killed on seventeenth day of War. Govasa (गॊवास) is mentioned in Mahabharata (VIII.51.16). ....Numberless Kshatriyas also, wrathful and fierce, hailing from diverse provinces, have been destroyed by thee. Teeming with horses and elephants, large bodies of combatants of diverse Kshatriya clans, such as the Govasas (VIII.51.16), the Dasameyas, the Vasatis, O Bharata, and the Easterners, the Vatadhanas, and the Bhojas that are very sensitive of their honour, approaching thee and Bhima, O Bharata, have met with destruction.

See also

• Govasana - King of the Shivi tribe mentioned in Mahabharata and a place name mentioned by Panini...."Dhanyaka whose army was supplied with graineries filled with corn, sat like a lion who cannot bear the smell of elephants, his foes. Rilhana was, by the king's orders, encamped at Govasa with his force. He moved about in the wood and harassed the enemies, as the sun-light does vermins".