माहिष्मती
mahishmati / Mahishmati
mahishmati ki pahachan madhyapradesh ke kharago zile ke maheshvar namak kasbe se ki gayi hai. chedi janapad ki rajadhani (pali mahissati) jo narmada ke tat par sthit thi. isaka abhijnan zila iandaur (m0 pr0) mean sthit maheshvar namak sthan se kiya gaya hai jo pashchim relave ke ajamer-khandava marg par b davaha steshan se 35 mil door hai. mahabharat ke samay yahaan raja nil ka rajy tha jise sahadev ne yuddh mean parast kiya tha. [1] raja nil mahabharat ke yuddh mean kauravoan ki or se l data hua mara gaya tha. bauddh sahity mean mahishmati ko dakshin-avanti janapad ka mukhy nagar bataya gaya hai. buddhakal mean yah nagari samriddhishali thi tatha vyaparik keandr ke roop mean vikhyat thi. tatpashchat ujjayini ki pratishtha badhane ke sath sath is nagari ka gaurav kam hota gaya. phir bhi gupt kal mean 5vian shati tak mahishmati ka barabar ulleankh milata hai. kalidas ne raghuvansh mean iandumati ke svayanvar ke prasang mean narmada tat par sthit mahishmati ka varnan kiya hai aur yahaan ke raja ka nam pratip bataya hai.[2]
kalidas ke anusar
is ullekh mean mahishmati nagari ke parakote ke niche kaanchi ya mekhala ki bhati sushobhit narmada ka suandar varnan hai. mahishmati naresh ko kalidas ne anooparaj bhi kaha hai [3] jisase jnat hota hai ki kalidas ke samay mean mahishmati ka pradesh narmada ke tat ke nikat hone ke karan anoop (jal ke nikat sthit) kahalata tha. pauranik kathaoan mean mahishmati ko haihayavanshiy kartaviry arjun athava sahastrabahu ki rajadhani bataya gaya hai. kianvadanti hai ki isane apani sahastr bhujaoan se narmada ka pravah rok diya tha. chini yatri yuvanachvaang, 640 ee॰ ke lagabhag is sthan par aya tha. usake lekh ke anusar us samay mahishmati mean ek brahman raja rajy karata tha. anushruti hai ki shankarachary se shastrarth karane vale mandan mishr tatha unaki patni bharati mahishmati ke hi nivasi the. kaha jata hai ki maheshvar ke nikat mandaleshvar namak basti mandan mishr ke nam par hi vikhyat hai. mahishmati mean mandan mishr ke samay sanskrit vidya ka abhootapoorv keandr tha.
vastukala ki drishti se
maheshvar mean iandaur ki maharani ahilyabaee ne narmada ke uttari tat par anek ghat banavae the jo aj bhi vartaman haian. yah dharmapranarani 1767 ke pashchat iandaur chho dakar pray: isi pavitr sthal par rahane lagi thi. narmada ke tat par ahilyabaee tatha holakar-nareshoan ki kee chhatariyaan bani haian. ye vastukala ki drishti se prachin hiandoo mandiroan ke sthapaty ki anukriti haian. bhootapoorv iandaur riyasat ki ady rajadhani yahian thi. ek pauranik anushruti mean kaha gaya hai ki mahishmati ka basane vala mahishmanas namak chandravanshi naresh tha. sahastrabahu inhian ke vansh mean hua tha. maheshvari namak nadi jo mahishmati athava mahishman ke nam par prasiddh hai, maheshvar se kuchh hi door par narmada mean milati hai. harivansh puran [4] ki tika mean nilakanth ne mahishmati ki sthiti viandhy aur rrikshaparvatoan ke bich mean viandhy ke uttar mean, aur rriksh ke dakshin mean bataee haian.
tika-tippani
- ↑ 'tato ratnanyupaday purian mahishmatian yayau. tatr nilen rajna s chakre yuddhan nararshabh:'- maha0 sabha0 32,21.
- ↑ 'asyaankalakshmibhavadirdhabaho mahishmativapranitanbakaanchimh prasad-jalairjalaveni ramyaan reva yadi prekshitumastikam:' raghuvansh 6,43
- ↑ (raghuvansh 6,37)
- ↑ harivansh puran 7,19