भोगवती

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

BHOGAVATĪ I   Nāgaloka or Pātāla. When Sugrīva sent monkeys in all directions in search of Sītā, he gave instructions to them to go and search for her in Bhogavatīpura. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, 41st Sarga, Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa describes the place as the city infested with serpents (nāgas) and guarded by them. Vāsuki, King of serpents, lives there.
BHOGAVATĪ II   Gaṅgā of Pātāla. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha, Chapter 38] .
BHOGAVATĪ III   A place of holy bath at Prayāga. It is better known as Vāsuki tīrtha. [Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 85] says that a bath at this tīrtha is as efficacious as an Aśvamedha yajña.
BHOGAVATĪ IV   Another name for the river Sarasvatī. [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 24, Verse 20] .
BHOGAVATĪ V   A female attendant of Subrahmaṇya. [M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 46, Verse 8] .

A dictionary, Marathi and English

The Ganges of पाताळ, the third of the three sacred rivers named गंगा. See पाताळगंगा.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 स्त्री. पाताळगंगा . [ सं . भोगवती ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

भोग—वती  f.  a f. a s°-nymph, [MBh.]

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भोग वती

N. of one of the मातृs attending on स्कन्द, ib.
°गा-वती   the city of the s°-demons in the subterranean regions, ib.; [R.]; [Hariv.]; [RTL. 322] (also , [L.])

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°गा वती

the sacred river of the s°-demons (or a तीर्थ in that river sacred to the s°-king वासुकि), [MBh.]
भोग—वती  f.  b f. the night of the 2nd lunar day, [Sūryapr.]

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भोग वती

N. of उज्जयिनी in the द्वापर age, [Kathās.]
of a town, [Vet.]
of a दिक्-कन्या, [Pārśvan.]
of wk.