Pandara
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Pandara (पाण्डर) was a Nagavanshi king mentioned in Mahabharata. Pandaraka (पाण्डरक) is a king mentioned in the List of Naga Rajas. Pandara (पाण्डर) was name of a mountain at Rajagriha in Bihar, India.
Origin
Variants
- Pandaraka (पाण्डरक) (List of Naga Rajas)
Jat clans
- Pandar (पाण्डर) Jats are said to be descendants of Nagavanshi king Pandara (पाण्डर) /Pandaraka (पाण्डरक). (See - List of Naga Rajas).[1]
History
Paṇḍaraka (पण्डरक):— Buddhist Sanskrit texts know Pāṇḍuka, Pāṇḍuraka, Paṇḍulaka and Paṇḍaraka as names of a nāga king, one of the guardians of the great treasures. [2][3]
Pandaraka in Theravada glossary of Buddhism is the name of a river which is mentioned with Mallangiri and Tikuta as a haunt of Kinnaris. (J.iv.438, 439). [4][5]
In Mahabharata
Pandara (पाण्डर) (Naga) in Mahabharata (I.52.10)
Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Book I Chapter 52 tells Names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of the snake-sacrifice. Pandara is mentioned as Nagas of race of Airavata in Mahabharata (I.52.10). [6]....And Paravata, Pariyatra, Pandara, Harina, Krisha, Vihanga, Sharabha, Moda, Pramoda, Sanhatangada--these born in the race of Airavata fell into the fire.
पांडर पर्वत राजगृह
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[7] ने लेख किया है ...2. पाण्डव पर्वत (AS, p.537) - बिहार में राजगृह की पांच पहाड़ियों में से एक का नाम है. महाभारत सभापर्व 21 में इससे पांडर कहा है जो पांडव का रूपांतरण या पाठांतर हो सकता है. इसके नाम से इसका संबंध पांडवों से सूचित होता है. महाभारत सभा पर्व 21 दक्षिणात्य पाठ में पांडर का उल्लेख इस प्रकार है-- 'पांडर विपुले चैव तथा वाराहकेSपिच, चैत्यके गिरिश्रेष्ठ मातंगे च शिलोच्चयते'. [p.538]: पालीग्रंथों में पांडर को पाण्डव लिखा है. (दे. ए गाइड तो राजगीर,पृ.1)
External links
References
- ↑ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1894 By L.A. Waddell, M.B., B.R.A.S.,pp.91-92
- ↑ Source: Google Books: The Roots of Hinduism: The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pandaraka
- ↑ Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pandaraka
- ↑ पारावतः पारियात्रः पाण्डरॊ हरिणः कृशः, विहंगः शरभॊ मॊदः प्रमॊदः संहताङ्गदः (I.52.10)
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.537