India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Ūrjayat (ऊर्जयत्) or Ujjayant (Ujjayanta) is the name of a mountain mentioned in the Gupta inscription No. 14. 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. Since the rivers emerged out from the mountain Raivataka, it may be called their father as described in verse 28, but to avoid repetition the poet uses in verse 29 a synonym of its name viz., the Ūrjayat and while making it the symbal of father represents the sea as the husband of the rivers. Thus the mountains Ūrjayat and the Raivataka are one and the same.

the Junāgaṛh Rock Inscription of Rudradāman describes the emergence of the rivers Palāśinī, Suvarṇasikatā etc., from the mountain Ūrjayat in Inscription No. 14 the name of Raivataka is used in the same context. Vividhatīrthakalpa also uses the names Raivataka and the Ujjayant (Ūrjayat) as synonyms for Girinara which was sanctified by Śrīnemi and is situated in Surāṣṭra (South Kathiawad). The Abhidhānacintāmaṇi of Hemacandra also mentions Ujjayanta and Raivataka as synonyms.

The Kap copper-plate of Keṭadi Sadāśiva-Nāyaka also refers to Ujjantagiri (Ūrjayat). The mountain Ūrjayat is identified with Girnar hill near Junāgaṛh. The literal meaning of Ūrjayat is strong, powerful, eminent.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ūrjayat (ऊर्जयत्):—[from ūrj] mfn. [present tense] p. of √ūrj q.v.

2) [v.s. ...] m. (an) Name of a teacher, [Vaṃśa-brāhmaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] ([Ṛg-veda]) n. Name of a place, [Inscriptions]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Urjayati.

Full-text: Palashini, Ujjantagiri, Urj, Surattha, Raivataka, Sudarshana.

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