Shundika
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Shundika (शुंडिक) is name of a town mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi and in Mahabharata.
Variants
Mention by Panini
Shundika (शुंडिक) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [1]
Shaundika (शौंडिक) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [2]
Jat clans
History
In Mahabharata
Shundika (शुण्डिक) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.48.15),(3-255-7b).
Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 48 describes Kings who presented tributes to Yudhishthira. Shundika (शुण्डिक) is mentioned in Mahabharata (II.48.15).[3]
Karna's conquests: Vana Parva, Mahabharata/Book III Chapter 255 describes Karna's victory march and countries subjugated. ..... Then descending from the mountain and rushing to the east, he reduced the Angas (अङ्गा) (3-255-7b), and the Bangas (वङ्गा) (3-255-7b), and the Kalingas (कलिङ्गा) (3-255-7b), and the Mundikas (मुण्डिक) (Shundika) (शुण्डिक) (3-255-7b), and the Magadhas (मगध) (3-255-8a). the Karkakhandas (कर्कखण्ड) (3-255-8a); and also included with them the Avashiras (आवशीर) (3-255-8b), Yodhyas (योध्या) (3-255-8b), and the Ahikshatras (अहिक्षत्र) (3-255-8b).
शुंडिक
शुंडिक (AS, p.903): महाभारत के वर्णन के अनुसार अंग, वगं, कलिंग और मिथिला के निकट स्थित एक जनपद, जिसे महारथी कर्ण ने अपनी दिग्विजय यात्रा मे विजित किया था - 'अंगान् वंगान् कलिंगाश्च शुंडिकान् मिथिलानथ, मागधन् कर्कखंडांश्च निवेश्य विषयेऽऽत्मनः।'[4]
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References
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.114
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.114, 414
- ↑ शौण्डिकाः कुक्कुराश चैव शकाश चैव विशां पते, अङ्गा वङ्गाश च पुण्ड्राश च शानवत्या गयास तदा (II.48.15)
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.903