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हिरण्यपुर (hiraNyapura)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
हिरण्य—पुर
n.
N.
 of an Asura town floating in the air or situated beyond the ocean,
MBh.
Hariv.
&c.
of a town in Kāśmīra,
Kathās.
Rājat.
Bopp
Latin
हिरण्यपुर n. (e हिरण्य et पुर) nomen urbis Asurorum.
A. 10.
Mahabharata
English
Hiraṇyapura, a city of the Asuras. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.)
I, 2, 459 (ºvāsibhiḥ, vanquished by Arjuna).--§ 445 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): III, 173, 12209 (in the air, inhabited by the Kālakeyas and the Paulomas), 12214, 12264, 12266 (is destroyed by Arjuna).--§ 552d (Arjuna): IV, 61, 1977 (on the other side of the ocean Arjuna destroyed 6000 inhabitants of H., all. to § 445).--§ 561 (NaraNārāyaṇau): V, 49, 1932 (esha--i.e. Nara (= Arjuna)--pāre samudrasya Hºm ārujat, all. to § 445).--§ 564 (Mātalīyop.): V, 100, 3567 (in Pātāla, inhabited by Daityas and Dānavas, built by Viśvakarman and planned by Maya).--§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V, 169, 5871 (Dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi Hºvāsināṃ, slain by Arjuna, all. to § 445).--§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 51, 1998 (Mahendraśatravo yena --i.e. by Arjuna--Hºvāsinaḥ…Paulomāḥ sagaṇā hatāḥ, all. to § 445).--§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 75, 2669 (Dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi Hºvāsināṃ, slain by Arjuna, all. to § 445).-§ 601 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII, 185, 8437 (do., do.). Cf. Dānavapura.