Kalakavana
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Kalakavana (कालकवन) is a forest mentioned in ancient Indian literature probably the region of modern Allahabad.
Origin
Variants
- Kalakavana (कालकवन) AS, p.176)
History
The Vasistha Dharma Sutra I.8-9 and 12-13 locates Aryavarta to the east of the disappearance of the Sarasvati in the desert, to the west of Kalakavana, to the north of the mountains of Pariyatra and Vindhya and to the south of the Himalaya.
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (BDS) 1.1.2.10 gives similar definitions and declares that Aryavarta is the land that lies west of Kalakavana,region of modern Allahabad, east of Adarsana, where the Sarasvati disappears, south of the Himalayas and north of the Vindhyas. In BDS 1.1.2.11 Aryavarta is confined to the Ganga - Yamuna doab, and BDS 1.1.2.13-15. Some sutras recommend expiatory acts for those who have crossed the boundaries of Aryavarta. Baudhayana Srautasutra recommends this for those who have crossed the boundaries of Aryavarta and ventured into far away places.[1]
कालकवन
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ...कालकवन AS, p.176) राजमहल (झारखंड) की पहाड़ियाँ - देखें पातंजलमहाभाष्य 2,4,10;बौधायन 1,1,2