prayag ka adhunik nam ilahabad hai. prayag uttar pradesh ka ek prachin tirthasthan hai jisaka nam ashvamedh adi anek yajn (yajn) adhik hone se p da tha. yah ganga-yamuna ke sangam par sthit hai tatha yahaan ka snan triveni snan (donoan nadiyoan ki alag-alag tatha ek sanyukt dhara- tin dharaoan ke karan athava ganga, yamuna ke sath ant:salila sarasvati ke karan 'triveni') kaha jata hai.
- prayag ka muslim shasan mean 'ilahabad' nam kar diya gaya tha parantu 'prayag' nam aj bhi prachalit hai. yahaan uttar pradesh ka uchch nyayalay aur eji karyalay bhi hai. ramayan mean ilahabad prayag ke nam se varnit hai.
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mahabharat shabdakosh |lekhak: es. pi. paramahans |prakashak: dilli pustak sadan, dilli |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 74 |