अनुप
anup narmada tat par sthit mahishmati ke paravarti pradesh ya nima d ka prachin nam hai. gautamibalashri ke nasik abhilekh mean anupadesh ko satavahan-naresh gautamiputr[1] ke vishal rajy ka ek aang bataya gaya hai. kalidas ne raghuvansh mahakavy[2] mean, iandumati ke svayanvar ke prasang mean mahishmati-naresh pratip ko anoop-raj kaha hai-
'tamagratastamarasantarabhamanooparajasyagunairanoonamh,
vidhayasrishtian lalitaan vidhaturjagad bhooy: sudatian sunanda'.
raghuvansh mahakavy[3] mean mahishmati ka varnan hai. giranar-sthit rudradamanh ke prasiddh abhilekh mean is pradesh ko rudradamanh dvara vijit bataya gaya hai-
- 'svaviryarjitanamamanurakt prakritinaan- anart surashtr shvabhrabharukachchh siandhusauvir kukuraparant nishadadinamh'-
anup ya anoop ka shabdik arth 'jal ke samip' sthit desh hai. kachchh (gujarat) ka ek prachin nam jisaka ullekh mahabharat mean hai.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
- ↑ dvitiy shati ee.
- ↑ raghuvansh mahakavy 6,37
- ↑ raghuvansh mahakavy 6,43