What is dwaitavana?

Answer 1

MAHABHARATA NOUN See All Nouns, See All Categories Mbh.3.24.1160 Here is this lake, full of sacred water, called Dwaitavana, abounding with flowers, and delightful to look at, and inhabited by many species of birds. Mbh.3.24.1164 Let us go that sacred and celebrated and large lake called Dwaitavana Mbh.3.24.1165 Vaisampayana continued, Then the virtuous son of Pandu, accompanied by numerous Brahmanas, all went to the sacred lake called Dwaitavana. Mbh.3.36.1898 Glad of the advice given him by Vyasa, the son of Kunti then, leaving the wood Dwaitavana went to the forest of Kamyaka on the banks of the Saraswati. Mbh.3.235.11902 It hath been heard by us, O monarch, that the Pandavas are now living on the banks of the lake called Dwaitavana, with a multitude of Brahmanas, having the wilderness for their home. Mbh.3.236.11918 Or, if the king understands our motives, he will never, having regard to the future, grant us permission, for, O thou of great effulgence, we can have no other business in the woods of Dwaitavana than the destruction of the Pandavas in exile! Mbh.3.236.11934 Our herds are now waiting in the woods of Dwaitavana in expectation of thee! Mbh.3.236.11939 Our herds are now all waiting in the woods of Dwaitavana expecting thee. Mbh.3.237.11977 And as the mighty-armed prince started for beholding the lake that was known by the name of Dwaitavana, the citizens of Hastina, also accompanied by their wives began to follow him to that forest. Mbh.3.237.11980 And reaching the lake Dwaitavana with all his followers and vehicles, king Duryodhana took up his quarters at the distance of four miles from it Mbh.3.238.11993 Drinking milk and enjoying, O Bharata, various other delicious articles and beholding, as he proceeded, many delightful forests and woods swarming with bees inebriate with floral honey and resounding with the notes of the peacock, the king at last reached the sacred lake of Dwaitavana. Mbh.3.238.12004 And those warriors who formed the vanguard of the Kuru army, hearing these words of the king, went back to the lake of Dwaitavana and addressing the Gandharvas, said, The mighty king Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra, is coming, hither for sport. Mbh.3.255.12560 And that high-souled one filled with anxiety, made up his mind to abandon the woods about Dwaitavana abounding with ferocious animals. Mbh.3.308.15125 Vaisampayana said, Having defeated the chief of the Saindhavas, and rescued Krishna, and having outlived the entire term of their painful exile in the woods, and having listened to the ancient stories about gods and Rishis recited by Markandeya, those heroes among men returned from their asylum in Kamyaka to the sacred Dwaitavana, with all their cars, and followers, and accompanied by their charioteers, their kine, and the citizens who had followed them Mbh.3.309.15127 Vaisampayana said, Having felt great affliction on account of the abduction of Krishna, king Yudhishthira of unfading glory, with his brothers, left the woods of Kamyaka and returned to the delightful and picturesque Dwaitavana abounding in trees and containing delicious fruits and roots. Mbh.3.309.15129 And while those repressers of foes, the virtuous king Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, and Bhimasena, and Arjuna, and those other sons of Pandu born of Madri, were dwelling in Dwaitavana, practising rigid vows, they underwent, for the sake of a Brahmana, great trouble, which, however, was destined to bring about their future happiness. Mbh.4.4.111 And let all of them say, We do not know where the Pandavas have gone leaving us at the lake of Dwaitavana Mbh.5.23.1016 Do they remember the disgrace that was theirs when under evil counsels they came to the woods of Dwaitavana on pretences.