Sthanugudhapura, Sthāṇugūḍhapura, Sthanugudha-pura: 1 definition

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Source: archive.org: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency

Sthāṇugūḍhapura or simply is the name of an ancient locality (corresponding to the modern Tālgund in the Shimogga District, Mysore) and is related to the Kadamba kings (r. 12the century A.D.).—Jayantī-Madhukeśvara, or Viṣṇu under the name of Mādhukeśvara of Jayantīpura or Banawāsi was established in the Kuntala country, thus acquired the government of the earth. He seems to be identical with the Mukaṇṇa-Kadamba,—“the three-eyed Kadamba”,—of another record, who is said to have brought twelve-thousand Brāhmaṇs, of thirty-two gotras, purified by performing the agnihotra-sacrifice, from the agrahāra of Ahichchhatra, and to have made, and established them in, the agrahāra of Sthāṇugūḍhapura, which is the modern Tālgund in the Shimogga District, Mysore.

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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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