vanavas athava 'vanavasi' namak ek pradesh ka ullekh bauddh dharmik granth 'mahavansh'[1] mean hua hai, jisaka abhijnan vartaman maisoor ke uttari bhag[2] se kiya gaya hai.[3]
- 'mahavansh' ke ullekh se jan p data hai ki maury shasak ashok ke shasan kal mean moggaliputr ne rakshit namak ek sthavir ko bauddh dharm ke prachararth yahaan bheja tha.
- mahabharat mean sambhavat: isi pradesh ke nivasiyoan ko 'vanavasi' kaha gaya hai-
'timiangalan ch s nripan vashekritva mahamatiah, ekapadaanshch purushan, keralanh vanavasinah.'[4]
- vayupuran[5] aur harivanshapuran[6] mean bhi is pradesh ka ullekh hai.
- vanavasi ya vanavas janapad ka ullekh shatakarni nareshoan (dvitiy shati ee.) ke abhilekhoan mean bhi hai. yahaan in aandhr rajaoan ke amaty ka mukhy sthan tha.
- vanavas pradesh ka varnan 'dashakumaracharit' ke 8vean uchchhvas mean bhi aya hai.
- 'brihatsanhita'[7] mean vanavasi ko dakshin mean sthit bataya gaya hai.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
- ↑ mahavansh 12, 4
- ↑ uttar kanara
- ↑ aitihasik sthanavali |lekhak: vijayendr kumar mathur |prakashak: rajasthan hindi granth akadami, jayapur |sankalan: bharatakosh pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 831 |
- ↑ mahabharat, sabhaparv 31, 69
- ↑ vayupuran 45, 125
- ↑ harivanshapuran 95
- ↑ brihatsanhita 14, 12