Nabhaka
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Nabhaka (नाभक) was a tribe mentioned by Ashoka's Rock Edict Nb13 at Attock.
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Tej Ram Sharma[1] mentions 13. Nabhaka (नाभक) (No. 33, L. 4, L. 8) : The name is formed with the addition of suffix 'ka' to nabha or nabhi meaning navel.[2] Literally it means 'navel born'. Generally incarnations are said to have been born from nabhi just as Brahma is said to have first appeared on the lotus sprung from the navel of Visnu.
Ashoka's Rock Edict Nb13 at Attock
Ashoka is known to have mentioned the presence of "Yavanas" in his kingdom in several of his Edicts of Ashoka. Attock finds its name in the history books dating to the rule of Chandragupta's grandson Ashoka, the Emperor of upper India, who had converted to the Buddhist faith. In the Edicts of Ashoka, set in stone, some of them written in Greek, it is declared that Greek populations within his realm also had converted to Buddhism:
- "Here in the king's domain among the Greeks, the Kambojas, the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the Andhras and the Palidas, everywhere people are following Beloved-Servant-of-the-Gods's instructions in Dhamma". ....— Rock Edict Nb13 (Translated by S. Dhammika)
नाभक
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[3] ने लेख किया है ... नाभक (AS, p.492) शिलाभिलेख 13 में मौर्य - सम्राट अशोक ने नाभक के 'नाभपंतियों' का उल्लेख किया है। संभवत: नाभक: चीनी यात्री फाह्यान द्वारा उल्लिखित 'ना-पेई किया' नाम का स्थान है जो उसके समय में कपिलवस्तु (नेपाल की तराई) से 10 मील दक्षिण-पश्चिम की ओर स्थित 'क्रकुच्छंद' बुद्ध के जन्म-स्थान के रूप में प्रख्यात था। (दे. कपिलवस्तु)
नाभिकपुर
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[4] ने लेख किया है ...नाभिकपुर (AS, p.493) एक ऐतिहासिक स्थान था। डॉक्टर वुलर के अनुसार ब्रह्मवैवर्त पुराण में नाभिकपुर नामक स्थान को उत्तरकुरु में स्थित बताया गया है। कुछ विद्वानों के मत में नाभक और 'नाभिकपुर' एक ही हैं, किन्तु यह अभिज्ञान संदिग्ध प्रतीत होता है।
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References
- ↑ Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions/Names of Householders and Traders,p.80
- ↑ Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier Williams . p. 535, col. 3. See nabha and nabhi.
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.492
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.493