Vitankapura
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Vitankapura (विटंकपुर) is the name of a city mentioned in Kathāsaritsāgara located on the seashore in Angadesha.
Origin
Variants
- Vitankapura (विटंकपुर) (AS, p.853)
- Viṭaṅkapura (विटङ्कपुर)
History
Viṭaṅkapura (विटङ्कपुर) is the name of a city that Dīrghatapas instructed Śaktideva to go to in order to travel the island of Utsthala, according to the “story of the golden city”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 25. Accordingly: “and after accomplishing many kos and crossing many lands he reached the city of Viṭaṅkapura, the ornament of the seashore. There he sought out a merchant named Samudradatta, who traded with the island of Utsthala, and struck up a friendship with him”.[1] [2]
Viṭaṅkapura (विटङ्कपुर) is the name of a city mentioned in the Skandapurāṇa book VI chapter 75.7-8 (installation of Muṇḍīra, Kālapriya and Mūlasthāna). Accordingly, “there is that excellent Viṭaṅkapura on the seashore. It is embellished with high rampart walls washed by the waves of sea. There was a Brāhmaṇa there who became afflicted by leprosy at the advent of his youth as a result of the previous Karmas”.[3][4]
विटंकपुर
विटंकपुर (AS, p.853) नामक एक ऐतिहासिक नगर का उल्लेख 'कथासरित्सागर' में हुआ है। 'कथासरित्सागर' (25, 35; 26; 115; 82; 316) के उल्लेख के अनुसार यह नगर अंग देश (दक्षिण-पूर्वी बिहार) में समुद्र तट पर स्थित था। 'कथासरित्सागर' (44, 9) से सूचित होता है कि ग्यारहवीं शती ई. में अंग देश का विस्तार समुद्र तट (बंगाल की खाड़ी) तक था, क्योंकि अंग का एक नगर 'विटंकपुर' समुद्र के किनारे ही बसा था। [5]
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References
- ↑ Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vitankapura
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vitankapura
- ↑ Source: Wisdom Library: Skanda-purana
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.853