Pandaraka
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Pandaraka (पाण्डरक) is a king mentioned in the List of Naga Rajas in Buddhist Sanskrit texts. Pandaraka is the name of a river and hill in Himalayas inhabited by Kinnaras.
Variants
- Pandaraka/Paṇḍaraka (पाण्डरक) (List of Naga Rajas)
- Pāṇḍuka/ Panduka (पांडुक)
- Pāṇḍuraka/ Panduraka (पांडुरक) - Pāṇḍuraka (पाण्डुरक) was a Nāga having his city in the third talam.[1][2]
- Paṇḍulaka/Pandulaka (पांडुलक)
Jat clans
- Pandar (पाण्डर) Jats are said to be descendants of Nagavanshi king Pandara (पाण्डर) /Pandaraka (पाण्डरक). (See - List of Naga Rajas).[3]
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. [4][5]
Pandaraka in Theravada glossary of Buddhism is the name of a river which is mentioned with Mallangiri and Tikuta/Trikuta as a haunt of Kinnaris. (J.iv.438, 439). [6][7]
Kinnaras lived also over the hills of Pandaraka, Trikutaka, Mallangiri, Candapabbata, and Gandhamandana (Jataka No. 485).
Panduka Village
Panduka is a village in Khairagarh (खैरागढ़) tahsil of in Rajnandgaon District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Pandarak Village
Pandarak is a Tehsil / Block (CD) in the Patna District of Bihar. According to Census 2011 information the sub-district code of Pandarak block is 01418. [8]
In Mahabharata
Panduka (पाण्डुक) is in Mahabharata (I.31.12)
Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Book I Chapter 31 mentions the names of Chief Nagas. Panduka (पाण्डुक) is mentioned in Mahabharata (I.31.12). [9].... Karavira, Pushpadanshtra, Alka, Bilva, Panduka, Mushakada, Shankhashira, Purnadanshtra, Haridraka,
External links
References
- ↑ Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/panduraka
- ↑ 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
- ↑ https://villageinfo.in/bihar/patna/pandarak.html
- ↑ करवीरः पुष्पदंष्ट्र एॢकॊ बिल्वपाण्डुकः, मूषकादः शङ्खशिराः पूर्णदंष्ट्रॊ हरिद्रकः (I.31.12)