लंका
lanka hindoo pauranik granthoan tatha manyataoan ke anusar ramayan kal mean ravan ki rajadhani thi. isaki sthiti vartaman 'sianhal' (saulon) ya lanka dvip mean mani jati hai. mana jata hai ki may danav ne is nagari ko nirmit kiya tha, kintu doosari parampara ke anusar devashilpi vishvakarma dvara isaka nirman mana jata hai. chitrakoot parvat ke bich samudroan se ghiri kuber ki svarg nagari lanka ko ravan ne apane parakram se chhin liya tha. yadyapi adhunik lanka mean isaka kianchit matr bhi ullekh nahian prapt hota hai, kintu ram-katha ke prasang mean 'valmiki ramayan' se lekar aj tak likhe gaye samast ram-kavyoan mean isaka prayog milata hai.
bharat aur lanka ke bich ke samudr par pul banakar shriramachandr apani sena ko lanka le ge the. valmiki ramayan ke anusar, bharat ke dakshinatam bhag mean sthit mahendr namak parvat se koodakar shriram ke param bhakt hanuman samudr par lanka pahuanche the. ramachandraji ki sena ne lanka mean pahuanchakar samudr tat ke nikat suvel parvat par pahala shivir banaya tha. lanka aur bharat ke bich ke uthale samudr mean jo jalamagn parvat shreni hai, usake ek bhag ko valmiki ramayan mean mainak kaha gaya hai.
lanka 'trikoot' namak parvat par sthit thi. yah nagari apane aishvary aur vaibhav ki parakashtha ke karan svarn-mayi kahi jati thi. valmiki ne aranyakand[1] aur sundarakand[2] mean lanka ka sudar varnan kiya hai-
'pradoshkale hanumananstoornamutpaty viryavanh, pravivesh purian ramyaan pravibhaktaan mahapathamh, prasadamalaan vitata stabhaiah kachanasanibhaiah, shatakubhanibhairjalairgadharvanagaropamamh, saptabhaumashtabhaumaishch s dadarsh mahapurimh; sthalaiah sphatikasankirnah kartasvaraanvibhooshitaiah, taiste shushabhiretani bhavanyatr rakshasamh.'
valmiki ramayan, sundarakand 3 mean bhi is ramyanagari ka manohar varnan hai, jisaka mukhy bhag is prakar hai - ‘sharadambudharaprakhyairbhavanairupashobhitamh sagaropam nirghoshaan sagaranilasevitamh. supushtabalasanpushtaan yathaiv vitapavatimh charutorananiyahaan paandur dvaratoranamh. bhujagacharita gupta shubhaan bhogavatimiv, taans tooryabharananirghoshaiah sarvatah parinaditam. vasyokasarapratimaan samikshy nagari tatah khamichotpatitaan lanka jaharsh hanumanh kapiah, suandar. 3,2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-1-11-12. hanuman ne sita se ashokavatika mean bhet karane ke uparant lanka ka ek bhag jalakar bhasm kar diya tha. suandar. 54,8-9 aur suandar 14 mean lanka ke anek kritrim vanoan evan t dagoan ka varnan hai. ram ne ravan ke badhoparant lanka ka rajy vibhishan ko de diya tha. bauddhakalin lanka ka itihas mahavansh tatha dipavansh namak pali grantho mean prapt hota hai. ashok ke putr maheandr tatha putri sanghamitra ne sarvapratham lanka mean bauddh mat ka prachar kiya tha.
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