aparānta

western border, the western sea-shore; e. g. so'parānteṣu

tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca . tāni sarvāni gatvā sa prabhāsa-

mupajagmivān (Arjunam. aparānteṣu = samudrasamīpeṣu paścimeṣu;

Nīlak. = paścimasamudratīreṣu); or aparāntādahaṃ kṛṣṇa saṃpratī-

hāgataḥ (Rāmānanda: aparāntāt = paścimasamudratīrāt).--

The plur. aparāntāḥ is the name of the country or the in-

habitants of the western borders.--Wilson (Viṣṇup. p.

189, n. 60) renders aparāntāḥ ‘the people not beyond the

borders’, as opposed to parāntāḥ ‘the people beyond the

borders’ (i. e. of parā and anta); but as para when opposed to

apara assumes meanings corresponding with those of pūrva (see

s. v. apara II.), parāntāḥ, as contradistinguished from apa-

rāntāḥ, may mean perhaps ‘the people of the eastern borders’

when aparāntāḥ would retain the sense given before. See

the following.--² Last term, completion, e. g. in the Yoga-

Sūtra: kṣaṇapratiyogī pariṇāmo'parāntanirgrāhyaḥ kramaḥ ‘ma-

turity (or change) is the reverse of what is but a moment;

by the completion (of maturity) the order (of the moments)

becomes comprehensible’. ³ Death. See the Yoga term a-

parāntajñāna and comp. pūrvānta and parānta. E. apara and anta.

1) adj. an der westlichen Grenze wohnend: sāmudrāścāparāntāśca harayaḥ R. 4, 38, 56.

— 2) m. das an der östlichen Grenze belegene Gebiet und dessen Bewohner: aparānte niveśitaḥ HARIV. 5301. aparāntādahaṃ kṛṣṇa saṃpratīhāgataḥ 5315. aparānteṣu MBH. 1, 7885. aparāntajayodyataiḥ RAGH. 4, 53. VP. 189. LIA. I, 537, N. Anh. XCIV. II, 792. BURN. Intr. 252, N. 2.

— Vgl. parānta .

1) °samudra das im Westen gelegene Meer Verz. d. Oxf. H. 258,a,34.

— 2) sāparāntaṃ ca devena nirjitaṃ dakṣiṇāpatham KATHĀS. 120, 76. Vgl. kuṭṭāparānta .

— 3) m. der zukünftige Tod Verz. d. Oxf. H. 230,b,13. °jñāna ebend.

— 1) Adj. im äussersten Westen wohnend , — befindlich.

— 2) m.

— a) das Land im äussersten Westen. Pl. die Bewohner desselben.

— b) Ende , Schluss.

— c) Tod.

— d) Untertheil des Hinterfusses eines Elephanten ŚIŚ. 11,7. KIR. 7,37.

VI, 9μ, 355.

with pūrvānta, q.v.), the future: °ntaḥ, n. sg., Mvy 8307;

RP 4.17 aparānta-kalpa-koṭibhir api nāsti buddhānāṃ

…guṇaparyantaḥ; Śāl 98.2 °ntaṃ, acc. (adv.?), cited

Śikṣ 227.8; Gv 37.17, 18; 49.25 (read pūrvāntāparānta-);

242.16 aparānta-kalpa-; 242.19 same, 1st ed. misprinted

aparanta°; corr. 2d ed.; Dbh 31.5. See aparānta-koṭi.

Brave Ketumant killed prince Sudar-

śana at the mountain pass of the Aparānta

(aparāntagiridvāre) 7. 9. 40.

Janapada.

A. Location: Listed by Saṃjaya

among the Janapadas of the Bhāratavarṣa

(ata ūrdhvaṃ janapadān nibodha gadato

mama) 6. 10. 37, 5; (kuṭṭāparāntā dvaidhes

yāḥ) 6. 10. 47; it was along the coast of the

southern ocean (gaccha pāraṃ samudrasya

dakṣiṇasya) 12. 49. 58; (also see the next

section). B. Epic event: Kaśyapa told

Rāma (Jāmadagnya): “Do not stay in

my territory; go to the coast of the sou-

thern ocean and live there” (na te mad-

viṣaye rāma vastavyam iha karhicit) 12.

49. 58; then the ocean, due to fear of

Jāmadagnya, vacated some space called

Śūrpāraka; that region came to be known

as Aparānta (tataḥ śūrpārakaṃ deśaṃ

sāgaras tasya nirmame/saṃtrāsāj jāma-

dagnyasya so 'parāntaṃ mahītalam//) 12.

49. 59. C. Special feature: Known for

sharp and long swords, lances, śaktis, para-

śvadhas and sharp axes which were pro-

duced there (niśitāṃś caiva dīrghāsīn

ṛṣṭiśaktiparaśvadhān/aparāntasamudbhū-

tāṃs tathaiva paraśūñ śitān//) 2. 47, 24.

D. Epic event: The above arms were

brought as tribute for Yudhiṣṭhira by the

people who came for his Rājasūya (baliṃ

ca kṛtsnam ādāya dvāri tiṣṭhanti vāritāḥ)

2. 47. 25.