Pandaraka

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Pandaraka (पाण्डरक) is a king mentioned in the List of Naga Rajas in Buddhist Sanskrit texts. Pandaraka is the name of a river and hill in Himalayas inhabited by Kinnaras.

Variants

Jat clans

History

Paṇḍaraka (पण्डरक):— Buddhist Sanskrit texts know Pāṇḍuka, Pāṇḍuraka, Paṇḍulaka and Paṇḍaraka as names of a nāga king, one of the guardians of the great treasures. [4][5]


Pandaraka in Theravada glossary of Buddhism is the name of a river which is mentioned with Mallangiri and Tikuta/Trikuta as a haunt of Kinnaris. (J.iv.438, 439). [6][7]

Kinnaras lived also over the hills of Pandaraka, Trikutaka, Mallangiri, Candapabbata, and Gandhamandana (Jataka No. 485).

Panduka Village

Panduka is a village in Khairagarh (खैरागढ़) tahsil of in Rajnandgaon District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

Pandarak Village

Pandarak is a Tehsil / Block (CD) in the Patna District of Bihar. According to Census 2011 information the sub-district code of Pandarak block is 01418. [8]

In Mahabharata

Panduka (पाण्डुक) is in Mahabharata (I.31.12)

Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Book I Chapter 31 mentions the names of Chief Nagas. Panduka (पाण्डुक) is mentioned in Mahabharata (I.31.12). [9].... Karavira, Pushpadanshtra, Alka, Bilva, Panduka, Mushakada, Shankhashira, Purnadanshtra, Haridraka,

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References

  1. Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
  2. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/panduraka
  3. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1894 By L.A. Waddell, M.B., B.R.A.S.,pp.91-92
  4. Source: Google Books: The Roots of Hinduism: The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization
  5. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pandaraka
  6. Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names
  7. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pandaraka
  8. https://villageinfo.in/bihar/patna/pandarak.html
  9. करवीरः पुष्पदंष्ट्र एॢकॊ बिल्वपाण्डुकः, मूषकादः शङ्खशिराः पूर्णदंष्ट्रॊ हरिद्रकः (I.31.12)