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कौशाम्बी

   { kauśāmbī }
Script: Devanagari

कौशाम्बी

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
KAUŚĀMBĪ   four sons, Kuśāmba, Kuśanābha, Asūrtarajas and Vasu were born to Kuśa, the son of Brahmā, of his wife the princess of Vidarbha. according to the order of their father each prince built a city and began to rule over it. Kauśāmbī is the city built by Kuśāmba. Kuśanābha built the city of Mahodayapura; Asūrtarajas, the city of Dharmāraṇya and Vasu the city of Girivraja. [Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Sarga 32] . it is mentioned in Kathāsaritsāgara that the city of Kau- śāmbī stood in the middle of the kingdom of Vatsa and that Udayana born of the family of the Pāṇḍavas had once ruled this country with Kauśāmbī as his capital.

कौशाम्बी

हिन्दी (hindi) WN | Hindi  Hindi |   | 

कौशाम्बी

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
कौशाम्बी  f. f. (g.नद्य्-आदि), also title or epithet).">N. of an ancient city (now represented by the village of Kosam, on the Jumnā, near Allahābād; also called वत्स-पत्तन), 34, 6">[R. i, 34, 6] ; xxxvi f.">[Divyâv. xxxvi f.] ; [Pāṇ. 4-2, 68] ; [Kāś.] ; iv, 18; ix, 5">[Kathās. iv, 18; ix, 5]
   [lxvi, 193] ; [MatsyaP.] ; [Hit.]

कौशाम्बी

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
कौशाम्बी [kauśāmbī]   [कुशाम्बेन निर्वृत्ता अण्] N. of an ancient city on the ganges in the lower part of the doab; निष्कान्तः कौशाया निष्कौशाम्बिः Mbh. on [P.II.2.18.]

कौशाम्बी

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
कौशाम्बी  f.  (-म्बी) The name of an ancient city on the ganges in the lower part of the doab, in the vicinity of Kurrah; also वत्सपत्तन.
   E. कुशाम्ब a proper name, (the founder,) अण् and ङीप् affs.
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कौशाम्बी

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN | Sanskrit  Sanskrit |   | 
 noun  एका प्राचीना नगरी ।   Ex. कौशाम्बी रामायणे उल्लिखिता अस्ति

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