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विशाखयूप (vizAkhayUpa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वि—शाख—यूप
m.
N.
 of a king,
Pur.
वि—शाख—यूप mn. (?)
N.
 of a place,
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Viśākhayūpa, name of a sacred place. § 377 (Dhaumya tīrthak.): III, 90, 8386 (in the north, there the gods, including Varuṇa and Indra, performed austerities).--§ 449 (Ājagarap.): III, 177, †12354 (having left the capital of Subāhu, the Pāṇḍavas, etc., dwelt for one year at V.)-§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 12, 335 (devānāṃ).
पुराणम्
English
विशाखयूप / VIŚĀKHAYŪPA. A holy place of pilgrimage. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 90, Stanza 15, that this spot became a holy place because indra, varuṇa and other gods did penance here.