कनखल

{ kanakhala }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

A holy place on the shores of the river Gaṅgā. If one bathes in this river one gets the benefit of performing an Aśvamedha sacrifice. [Śloka 30, Chapter 84, Vana Parva] . Kālidāsa speaks about this place in his famous work ‘Meghadūta’. At the behest of Vasiṣṭha, Takṣaka, son of Lakṣmana, conquered the foresters of Kanakhala and then established a city there called Agatī. [Uttara Rāmāyaṇa] .
KANAKHALA I   The place where the Dakṣayāga was conducted. [Chapter 4, Vāmana Purāṇa] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कन—खल  n.  a n. N. of a तीर्थ, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [AgP.]

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कन—खल  m.  m. pl. N. of mountains, [MBh. iii.]

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कन-खल    b कन-देव See कन.

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