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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 80, col. 3.
    arantuka arantuka, as, m., N. of a Tīrtha.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 87, col. 1.
    arantuka m. N. of a Tīrtha, MBh. iii, 7078.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 407.
    arantuka N. pr. eines Tīrtha: tarantukārantukayoḥ MBH. 3, 7078. LIA. 1, 593, N. 2.
    ☞ vol. 7, p. 1702.
    arantuka MBH. 3, 6022 nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 105, col. 2.
    arantuka n. N.pr. eines Tīrtha.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 353, col. 1.
    arantuka na0 kurukṣetrāntargatasamantapañcakasīmābhūte sthānabhede .
    “tarantukārantukayoryadantaraṃ rāmahrahānāñca sacakrakasya ca .
    etan kurukṣetrasamantapañcakam” iti bhā0 va0 pa0 .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 65, col. 2.
    Arantuka, a dvārapāla. § 369 (Kurukṣetra): III, 83,

    7078 (Tarantukārantukayor yad antaraṃ Rāmahradānāñ ca

    Macakrukasya ca|etat Kurukṣetrasamantapañcakaṃ Pitā-

    mahasyottaravedir ucyate).—§ 615kk (Kurukṣetrakathana):

    IX, 53, 3032 (= do.). Cf. the reading of B. III, 83, 6022.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 46, col. 2.
    ARANTUKA . A guard posted at a boundary line of

    Kuurkṣetra. (M.B., Vana Parva, Chapter 83, Verse

    52).
    ☞ p. 46, col. 2.
    ARANTUKA . A sacred spot in ancient India, in river

    Sarasvatī. A bath there is as beneficial as performing

    the Agniṣṭoma yajña. (M.B., Śalya Parva, Chapter 53,

    Verse 24).