Kalmashadabhya
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Kalmashadabhya (कल्माषदभ्य) is a place mentioned in Buddhacharita which has not been identified. Mahabharata mentions Kalmasha (कल्माष) as a Naga Chief.
Origin
Variants
- Kalmashadabhya (कल्माषदभ्य) (AS, p.150)
Jat clans
- Kalmash (कल्माष)
History
कल्माषदभ्य
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ... कल्माषदभ्य (AS, p.150): बुद्धचरित 21,27 में उल्लिखित अनभिज्ञात स्थान.
Kalmasha in Mahabharata
Kalmasha (कल्माष) mentioned in Mahabharata (I.31.7), (II.25.6),(II.47.4), (IX.44.100),
Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Book I Chapter 31 mentions the names of Chief Nagas...Kalmasha (कल्माष) is listed in verse (I.31.7)....Nila, Anila, Kalmasha, Shabala, Aryaka, Adika, Shala, Potaka,.. [2]
Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 25 mentions the countries Arjuna subjugated in the North. Kalmasha (कल्माष) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.25.6). [3]....And the exalted prince (Arjuna) having arrived at the lake Manasa conquered the regions ruled by the Gandharvas that lay around the Hataka territories. Here the conqueror took, as tribute from the country, numerous excellent horses called Tittiri, Kalmasha, Manduka.
Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 47 mentions the Kings who brought tributes to Yudhishthira: Kalmasha (कल्माष) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.47.4).[4]....The king of Kamboja gave innumerable skins of the best king, and blankets made of wool, of the soft fur of rodents and other burroughers, and of the hair of cats,--all inlaid with threads of gold. And he also gave three hundred horses of the Titteti and the Kalmasha species possessing noses like parrots. And he also gave three hundred camels and an equal number of she-asses
Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 describes the Kings and clans who joined the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Kalmasha (कल्माष) is mentioned in Mahabharata (IX.44.100) [5]
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References
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.150
- ↑ नीलानीलौ तथा नागौ कल्माषशबलौ तथा, आर्यकश चादिकश चैव नागश च शल पॊतकः (I.31.7)
- ↑ तत्र तित्तिरि कल्माषान मण्डूकाक्षान हयॊत्तमान, लेभे स करम अत्यन्तं गन्धर्वनगरात तथा (II.25.6)
- ↑ अश्वांस तित्तिरि कल्माषांस तरिशतं शुकनासिकान, उष्ट्रवामीस तरिशतं च पुष्टाः पीलु शमीङ्गुथैः (II.47.4)
- ↑ वृकॊदर निभाश चैव के चिद अञ्जनसंनिभाः, शवेताङ्गा लॊहितग्रीवाः पिङ्गाक्षाश च तदापरे (IX.44.100)