अपरांत

• aparaant maharashtr ke aantargat uttar koankan mean sthit hai. bharatavarsh ki pashchim disha ka deshavishesh. 'aparaant' (apar-aant) ka arth hai- 'pashchim ka aant'. ajakal yah koankan pradesh mana jata hai. t aaulmi namak bhoogolavetta ne is pradesh ko, jise usane 'ariake' ya 'abaratike' ke nam se pukara, char bhagoan me vibhakt batalaya hai.

• aparaant ka prachin sahity mean anek sthanoan par ullekh hai-

'tat: shoorparakan deshan sagarastasy nirmame,
sahasa jamadagnyasy soaparantamahitalamh'.
'tathaparanta: saurashtra: shoorabhirastatharbuda:'.
'tasyanikairvisarpadibharaparantajayodyatai:'.

• kalidas ne raghu ki digvijay-yatra ke prasang mean pashchimi deshoan ke nivasiyoan ko aparaant nam se abhihit kiya hai aur isi prakar koshakar yadav ne bhi 'aparantastu pashchatyaste' kaha hai.
• raghuvansh mean bhi 'aparaant' ke rajaoan ka ullekh hai. is prakar 'aparaant' nam samany roop se 'pashchimi deshoan' ka vyanjak tha kiantu vishesh roop se is nam se uttar koankan ka bodh hota tha.
• mahavansh ke ullekh ke anusar ashok ke shasanakal mean yavan dharmarakshit ko aparaant mean bauddh dharm ke prachar ke lie bheja gaya tha. is sandarbh mean bhi 'aparaant' se pashchim ke deshoan ka hi arth grahan karana chahie.
• rudradama ke joonagadh abhilekh mean 'aparant' mean ashok ke gavarnar ke roop mean yavanaraj tufask ka nam milata hai. jo spashtatah ek eerani nam hai.
• joonagadh abhilekh se jnat hota hai ki yahaan ashok ne sudarshan jhil ko punanirmit karaya tha, jaisa rudradaman ke joonagadh abhilekh se jnat hota hai. 'praantapati tuhashashm' ko vahaan ke dekharekh karane ka bhar sauanpa tha. isi kshetr ke lie 'aparaant') shabd abhilekhoan mean prayukt hai.
• mahabharat shanti parv se soochit hota hai ki shoorparak namak desh ko jo 'aparaant bhoomi' mean sthit tha, parashuram ke lie sagar ne chho d diya tha.

'tat: shoorparakan desh sagarastasy nirmame, sahasa jamadagnasy soparantamahitalam'.

• mahabharat sabha parv se soochit hota hai ki aparaant desh mean jo parashuram ki bhoomi thi tikshn pharase (parashu) banae jate the-

'aparaant samudabhootaanstathaiv parashoonchhitanh'

• giranar - sthit rudradaman ke prasiddh abhilekh mean aparaant ka rudradaman dvara jite jane ka ullekh hai-

'svaviryarjitanamanurakt sarvaprakritinaan surashtrashvabhrabharukachchhasiandhusauvirakukuraparantanishadadinaan'-

• yahaan aparaant koankan ka hi paryay jan p data hai. vishnupuran mean 'aparaant' ka uttar ke deshoan ke sath ullekh hai.
• vayupuran mean aparaant ko aparit kaha gaya hai.

tika tippani aur sandarbh

mathur, vijayendr kumar aitihasik sthanavali, dvitiy sanskaran- 1990 (hindi), bharat diskavari pustakalay: vaijnanik tatha takaniki shabdavali ayog, prishth sankhya- 26-27.