A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Aryavarta
This page describes Aryavarta which is located on page 170 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Aryavarta” according to 20 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
It is called ‘Aryavarta’ in the sense that the Aryas line there (‘Aryah vartante tatra’); i.e., it is they that are born there again and again, and the Barbarians, even though attacking it repeatedly, do not remain there. The particle ‘an’ (in ‘asamudrat’) indicates the outer not the inner boundary, and it does not indicate inclusion. Hence the islands in the oceans do not come under ‘Aryavarta.’...
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) [by Debabrata Barai]
[Patanjali s concepts of Aryavarta—Indo-Greek; Fair Brahmanas Vs Dark Non-Brahmanas; Aryavarta, according to Patanjali.] (* 1) S.M. Ali, The Geography of the Puranas, Peoples Publishing House, N. Delhi, 1966, Pp-127 (* 2) Ibid, Op. Cit., Pp-126 (* 3) Vayupurana: XXXII/ 17 (* 4) Vayupurana: XXXII/ 19 (* 5) Manusmriti: II/ 22 (* 6) Kavyamimamsa of Rajashekhara: Pp- 93...
Read full contents: Part 8.3 - Rajashekhara’s concepts of Bharatavarsha (undivided india)
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) [by A. Yamuna Devi]
Explaining the madhyadesha, Kshirasvamin quote Manu (2/21)– yanmanuh— himavadvindhyayorantaryatpragvinashanadapi | pratyageva prayagacca madhyadeshah prakirtitah | (c) Aryavarta (II. 1. 9; p. 71)– Amarakosha defines this region as the punyabhumi, holy place, the region between the Himalayas and Vindhya....
Read full contents: Miscellaneous (1): Geographical Data
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