Meruprabha

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Meruprabha (मेरुप्रभ) was name of a forest mentioned in Mahabharata around Lataveshta Parvata situated south of Dwarka.

Variants

• Meruprabha मेरुप्रभ (AS, p.759)

History

There were three beautiful forests about the waist of the mountain Latāveṣṭa, situated to the south of Dvārakāpurī. Meruprabha is one of them. The other two are Tālavana and Puṣpakavana. (Chapter 26, Sabhā Parva, Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha).

मेरुप्रभ

Meruprabha मेरुप्रभ (AS, p.759): गुजरात के प्रसिद्ध धार्मिक स्थल द्वारका के दक्षिण भाग में स्थित लतावेष्ट नामक पर्वत के चतुर्दिक स्थित उपवन का नाम -- 'लतावेष्टं समन्तात तु मेरुप्रभवनं महत्, भाति तालवनं चैव पुष्पकं पुंडरीकवत्।' महाभारत, सभापर्व 38, दक्षिणात्य पाठ.