Suprabha

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Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Suprabha (सुप्रभ) is a place mentioned in Vishnu Purana (2,4,29) as a part or Varsha of Shalmaladvipa known after its Raja Vapushman's son of this name. Suprabha (सुप्रभ) is mentioned as a King in Mahabharata (IX.44.38).

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In Mahabharata

Suprabha (सुप्रभ) in Mahabharata (IX.44.38),

Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 describes the Kings and clans who joined the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Suprabha (सुप्रभ) is mentioned in Mahabharata (IX.44.38).[1]....Vidhata gave unto Kartikeya two companions of great celebrity, the high-souled Suprabha and Subhakarman.

सुप्रभ

सुप्रभ (AS, p.975): विष्णु पुराण 2,4,29 के अनुसार शाल्मलद्वीप का एक भाग या वर्ष जो इस महाद्वीप के राजा वपुष्मान् के पुत्र सुप्रभ के नाम पर प्रसिद्ध है. [2]

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  1. सुथर्शनीयौ वरदौ तरिषु लॊकेषु विश्रुतौ, सुप्रभं च महात्मानं शुभकर्माणम एव च, कार्त्तिकेयाय संप्राथाथ विधाता लॊकविश्रुतौ (IX.44.38)
  2. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.975