Manitara
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Manitara (मणितार) is the place mentioned in Harshacharita. It was here, on a summer day, on receiving a letter from Krishna, a cousin of King Harshavardhana, Banabhatta met the king while he was camping near the town of Manitara. Manitara is a village in Buguda tahsil town in Ganjam district of Orissa, India.
Origin
Variants
- Manitara मणितार (p.694)
History
The Harsha Charita of Bana/Chapter II mentions the first visit of Bana to the King Harshavardhana.... - he arrived at last at the village Mallakuta. There he stayed happily, hospitably received by his brother and his friend Jagatpati who was just like his own heart. The next day, having crossed the holy Bhagirathi, he passed the night in a forest-village named Yastigrahaka, and the next be arrived at the royal camp, which was pitched near Manitara along the Ajiravati river; and he stopped near the royal residence.
Bāna was born to Chitrabhānu and Rājadevi in the village of Pritikuta on the banks of the Hiraṇyavāhu in a Bhojaka family of Vātsyāyana gotra in the current district of Chhapra in modern-day Bihar. After the death of his father, Bāṇa led a wandering life for a period but later came back to his native village. Here, on a summer day, on receiving a letter from Krishna, a cousin of King Harsha, he met the king while he was camping near the town of Manitara. After receiving Bāna with mock signs of anger, the king showed him much favour.
मणितार
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ...मणितार (AS, p.694): हर्षचरित के लेखक महाकवि बाणभट्ट के अनुसार यह स्थान अजिरावती नदी के तट पर स्थित था. महाराजाधिराज हर्ष (606-647 ई.) ने अपना राज शिविर इस स्थान पर कुछ दिनों के लिए स्थापित किया था और यहां अनेक करद नरेश और सामंत राज-भक्ति प्रदर्शित करने के लिए एकत्र हुए थे. इसी स्थान पर बाण की महाराज हर्ष से सर्वप्रथम भेंट हुई थी. डॉ. रा.कु. मुखर्जी के मत में यह स्थान अवध, उत्तर प्रदेश में था (देखें अजिरावती) अजिरावती या अचिरावती का छोटी ताप्ती से अभिज्ञान किया गया है. श्रावस्ती इसी नदी के तट पर स्थित थी.
Manitara, Ganjam District of Odisha
Manitara is a Village in Buguda Tehsil in Ganjam District of Odisha State, India. It is located 71 KM towards North from District head quarters Chhatrapur. 9 KM from Buguda. 137 KM from State capital Bhubaneswar. Manitara Pin code is 761118 and postal head office is Buguda. Golabandha ( 5 KM ) , Biranchipur Karadabadi ( 7 KM ) , Biranchipur ( 7 KM ) , Buguda ( 8 KM ) , Jhadabhumi ( 9 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Manitara. Asika , Hinjilicut , Ganjam , Berhampur are the near by Cities to Manitara. [2]