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मुञ्जवट (muJjavaTa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मुञ्ज—वट
N.
of a place of pilgrimage,
MBh.
(cf. मुञ्जा-व्°).
Mahabharata
English
Muñjavaṭa, a tīrtha. § 362 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 5092 (Sthāṇoḥ sthānaṃ).--§ 372 (do.): III, 85, 8210 (sthānaṃ devasya, i.e. Śiva's, PCR. has Mayūravaṭa).
पुराणम्
English
मुञ्जवट / MUÑJAVAṬA I. A holy place of pilgrimage devoted to śiva in the neighbourhood of kurukṣetra. If one resides here for one night one will get the position of gaṇapati. (Śloka 22, Chapter 83, Vana Parva).
मुञ्जवट / MUÑJAVAṬA II. A holy place of pilgrimage devoted to śiva on the banks of the river gaṅgā. If a man goes to this place and does circumambulation of the idol there singing songs in praise of śiva he would get the position of gaṇapati and if he bathes in the gaṅgā river also, he would be absolved of all sins. (Śloka 67, Chapter 85, Vana Parva).