भोजकट

{ bhojakaṭa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

BHOJAKAṬA   The capital of Vidarbha. Once Sahadeva, one of the Pāṇḍavas conquered this city. It was at this place that Śrī Kṛṣṇa defeated Rukmī, the brother of Rukmiṇī at the time of Rukmiṇī's Svayaṁvara. The original name of Bhojakaṭa was “Kuṇḍinapura”. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 31] ; [Udyoga Parva, Chapter 158] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

भोज—कट  n.  n. N. of a town, [MBh.]; [Pur.]

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भोज कट

the country of भोज (the present Bhojpur, or the vicinity of Patnā and Bhāgalpur), [W.]
भोज—कट  m.  m. pl. the inhabitants of the town of भोज-कट, [VarYogay.]

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भोज कट

Shabda-Sagara

भोजकट  m.  ( -टः) The country of Bhoja, the present Bhojpur, or the vicinity of Pātnā and Bhāgalpur.
E. भोज the same, and कट् to go, aff. अच् .

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भोज कट् अच् .