Utpala
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Utpala (उत्पल) is name of a Forest mentioned in Mahabharata (III.85.11), (XIII.26.33). Utpalaka (उत्पलक) was a Nagavanshi King. [1]
Origin
Variants
- Utpalavana (उत्पलावन) = Utpalaranya (उत्पलारण्य) (जिला कानपुर) (AS, p.93)
Jat Gotras
- Utpal - Utpal clan Jats are said have descended from Nagavanshi King Utpalaka (उत्पलक नागराजा)[2]
History
In Mahabharata
Utpalavana (उत्पलवन) (Forest) is mentioned in Mahabharata (III.85.11), (XIII.26.33)
Vana Parva, Mahabharata/Book III Chapter 85 mentions sacred asylums, tirthas, mountans and regions of eastern country. Utpalavana (उत्पलवन) (Forest) is mentioned in Mahabharata (III.85.11). [3]....In the country of Panchala, there is a wood called Utpala (उत्पल) (III.85.11), where Vishwamitra of Kushika's race had performed sacrifices with his son, and where beholding the relics of Viswamitra's superhuman power, Rama, the son of Jamadagni, recited the praises of his ancestry.
Anusasana Parva/Book XIII Chapter 26 mentions the sacred waters on the earth. Utpalavana (उत्पलवन) is mentioned in Mahabharata (XIII.26.33).[4]..... Bathing in Gangahrada and the tirtha known by the name of Utpalavana and daily offering oblations of water there for a full month to the Pitris, one acquires the merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
उत्पलावन-उत्पलारण्य
उत्पलावन या उत्पलारण्य (जिला कानपुर) (AS, p.93): बिठूर का प्राचीन नाम है। वन पर्व महाभारत 87,15 में उत्पलावन का उल्लेख इस प्रकार है- 'पंचालेषु च कौरव्य कथयन्त्युत्पलावनम् विश्वामित्रोऽयजद् यत्र पुत्रेण सह कौशिक:'।
External links
References
- ↑ List of Naga Rajas from Buddhist sources:Mahāvyutpatti S.N. 60 उत्पलक नागराज
- ↑ List of Naga Rajas from Buddhist sources:Mahāvyutpatti S.N. 60
- ↑ पाञ्चालेषु च कौरव्य कथयन्त्य उत्पलावतम, विश्वा मित्रॊ ऽयजद यत्र शक्रेण सह कौशिकः, यत्रानुवंशं भगवाञ जामदग्न्यस तथा जगौ (III.85.11)
- ↑ गङ्गा ह्रद उपस्पृश्य तथा चैवॊत्पला वने, अश्वमेधम अवाप्नॊति तत्र मासं कृतॊदकः (XIII.26.33)