पञ्चवटी

{ pañcavaṭī }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

PAÑCAVAṬĪ   The sacred place where Śrī Rāma built an āśrama and lived for some time with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa during their exile in the forests. There is a story about Pañcavaṭī in the Kamba Rāmāyaṇa. Pañcavaṭī is on the southern bank of the Godāvarī. Five Vaṭavṛkṣas (banyan trees) stand here in a circle and therefore, the place got the name Pañcavaṭī. There is a legend about these banyan trees. Once five Gandharva youths encircled the sage Agastya in the forest as a sport and prevented him from moving towards any direction. The enraged sage cursed them to stand in the same position as banyan trees. Thus by obstructing the movements of a divine man they were forced to remain without movement as trees. Before they took the form of trees they begged the sage for deliverance from the curse. Agastya said, “One day Śri Rāma with his wife and brother will come and stay in an āśrama built in your midst. Their holy presence will give you salvation from my curse.” Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa when they came to that forest decided to build an āśrama in the centre of the circle formed by the five banyan trees. Lakṣmaṇa started to build the hermitage. At first he cut down one of the trees standing tall and straight and to the surprise and astonishment of all the fallen trunk of the tree disappeared and there in its place lay the dead body of a demon youth. It was the body of Śambhukumāra, son of Śūrpaṇakhā. He was doing penance there when Śrī Rāma came there with Sītā and becoming lustful at the sight of Sītā he stood there as a tree. It was he who was cut down by Lakṣmaṇa. Śrī Rāma understood the thing that happened. He then explained to Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa many things about the frauds and deceits of the demons. After that they built their hermitage there and dwelt there for a long time. [Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Kamba Rāmāyaṇa] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पञ्च—वटी  f.  f. the 5 fig-trees ( N. applied to अश्वत्थ, बिल्व, वट, धात्रि, and अशोक), [SkandaP.]

ROOTS:

पञ्च वटी

पञ्च—वटी  n. (also n.) N. of a part of the great southern forest where the गोदावरी rises and where the banished राम resided, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.]

ROOTS:

पञ्च वटी

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

noun  नासिकनगरस्य उत्तरदिशि वर्तमानः एकः विभागः।   Ex. वनवासकाले रामः पञ्चवट्यां न्यवसत्।

ONTOLOGY:

भौतिक स्थान (Physical Place) ➜ स्थान (Place) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

ben পঞ্চবটী

guj પંચવટી

hin पंचवटी

kas پانٛچؤٹی

kok पंचवटी

mar पंचवटी

ori ପଞ୍ଚବଟୀ

pan ਪੰਚਵਟੀ

urd پنچ وَٹِی