Airikina, Airikiṇa: 1 definition
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Airikina means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptionsAirikiṇa (ऐरिकिण) or Airikiṇapradeśa is a place-name classified as a pradeśa and mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Airikiṇa has been described here as the bhoga-nagara of the king (svabhoga-nagara).
Airikiṇa is the same as modern Eraṇ, the ancient Airikiṇa, a village on the left bank of the Bina, in Sagar District of Madhya Pradesh. From the Copper Coins of the Aśokan period found at Eraṇ, we get an earlier Pali or Prakrit form of the name which is Erakaña or Erakana or Erakaṇa. It is thus clear that Erakaña or Erakaṇa is the simplified form of Erikiṇa: to simplify still more the medial letter ‘k’ has been dropped by the process of elision. The meaning of the word Erikiṇa is a puzzle but its connexion with erak“ ‘a kind of grass’, 177 found in that area may be accepted as a hypothesis.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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