कौशांबी (kauzAMbI)

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Apte 1890

English

 कौशांबी [कुशांबेन निर्वृत्ता अण्] N. of an ancient city on the Ganges in the lower part of the Doab. 

 कौशांबी N. of the capital of the Vatsa country. It was near the modern Kosam about 30 miles above Allahabad. 

Apte Hindi

Hindi

कौशांबी
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वत्स देश की राजधानी का नाम। यह नगर इलाहाबाद से लगभग तीस मील की दूरी पर वर्तमान कोसम के निकट स्थित था।

L R Vaidya

English

 kOSAMbI {% f. %} Name of an ancient city in Gauḍa.

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पुराणम्

English

कौशाम्बी / 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 kauśāmbī 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.

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