Kamyaka Forest
Kamyakavana (
Description
In the Vana Parva of the Mahabharata, the Pandavas chose the Kamyakavana as their residence during their period of exile. The forest is described to be situated upon a plain, and replete with game and birds.[3] A number of sages are described to have been performing a penance within this forest during this same period. Vidura and Sanjaya met the Pandavas within the Kamyakavana during their exile. The princes are also stated to have met personages such as Narada and Markandeya within this forest in this book of the epic.[4]
Literature
Mahabharata
In the
Following a conversation with the sage Vyasa, Yudhishthira and his brothers returned to the Kamyakavana from Dvaitavana, and are described to have practised archery, recited the Vedas, and venerated the Brahmins and the pitrs.[7] Ghatotkacha lived with them during this period. Sage Lomasha was dispatched by Indra to reassure Yudhishthira of the well-being of Arjuna, and the prince was encouraged by the deity to undertake a pilgrimage to visit a number of sacred sites.[8][9]
The Pandavas returned to the Kamyakavana after the return of Arjuna, during which period they lived with
See also
- Janapada
- Mahajanapada
References
- ^ John Dowson, M. R. A. S. (1928). A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion Geography, History and Literature. Sabyasachi Mishra. p. 148.
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- ISBN 978-0-226-22368-1.
- ^ Krishna-dwaipayana Vyasa (1889). The Mahabharata - Vana Parva. pp. 42–44.
- ^ Krishna-dwaipayana Vyasa (1889). The Mahabharata - Vana Parva. pp. 112–113.
- ^ Krishna-dwaipayana Vyasa (1889). The Mahabharata - Vana Parva. p. 148.
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- ^ Krishna-dwaipayana Vyasa (1889). The Mahabharata - Vana Parva. p. 538.
- ISBN 978-0-226-22368-1.