Sthanumati
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Sthanumati (स्थाणुमती) is name of a river mentioned in Ramayana which Bharata crossed while returning from Kekaya to Ayodhya.
Origin
Variants
- Sthanumati River स्थाणुमती (AS, p.1000)
History
Sthāṇumatī (स्थाणुमती):—[=sthāṇu-matī] [from sthāṇu > sthā] f. Name of a river, [Rāmāyaṇa][1][2]
In Ramayana
Ayodhya Kanda/Canto LXXI mentions Bharat's Return from Kekaya to Ayodhya..... Having halted min Sarvatirtha village and having crossed Uttamika river and various other rivers by mountain -ponies and reaching Hast prasthaka village, Bharata crossed Kutika river and traversed Kapivati river at Lohitya village. After crossing Sthanumati river at Ekasala village and Gomati river at Vinata village, he took rest at a grove of Sala trees at Kulinga city as the horses were very much tired and then proceeded quickly.
स्थाणुमती
1. स्थाणुमती (AS, p.1000): वाल्मीकि-रामायण अयोध्या. 71, 16 के अनुसार गोमती (उत्तर प्रदेश) के पश्चिम की ओर बहने वाली नदी जिसे भरत ने केकय-देश से अयोध्या आते समय स्थाणुमती नदी को पार किया था, 'एकसाले स्थाणुमती विनते गोमती नदी, कलिंगनगरे चापि प्राप्य सालवनं तदा'. [3]
2. स्थाणुमती (AS, p.1000): बुद्धचरित 21,9 के अनुसार बुद्ध ने कूटदत्त ब्राह्मण को इस स्थान पर पर्व्रजित किया था. यह ग्राम राजगृह के निकट था. [4]
External links
References
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sthanumati
- ↑ Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.1000
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.1000