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The Sanskrit term janapada is a tatpurusha compound term, composed of two words: jana and padna. Jana means "go" or "do your business" (cf. Latin cognate genus , English cognate kin ). The word pada means "foot" (cf. Latin cognate pedis ); [ 2 ] [ 3 ] from its earliest attestation, the word has had a double meaning of "realm, territory" and ...
Dasharna (Sanskrit:दशार्ण Daśārṇa) was an ancient Indian janapada (realm) in eastern Malwa region between the Dhasan River and the Betwa River.The name of the janapada was derived from the Daśārṇa, the ancient name of the Dhasan River. [1]
Jaanapada is a word made by two words Jana - People or tribe Pada - a kind of short verse joined as a sandhi- a grammatical term. The folk culture and colloquial tongue of Kannadiga and probably Telugu people were known by this name from time the languages came into existence.
The Gandharas were furious people, well-trained in the art of war. According to Puranic traditions, this Janapada was founded by Gandhara, son of Aruddha, a descendant of Yayati. The princes of this country are said to have come from the line of Druhyu who was a famous king of the Rigvedic period and one of the five sons of king Yayati of lunar ...
The Panchala janapada is believed to have been formed by multiple janas (tribes). The Shatapatha Brahmana suggests that Panchala was the later name of the Krivi tribe (who, according to the Rigveda, lived on the bank of the Indus river). The later Vedic literature uses the term Panchala to describe the close associates of the Kurus.
A terracotta seal excavated in the village mentions the Asmaka janapada. [8] [9] Asmaka also included Mulaka area around Paithan known in ancient times as Pratishthana. [10] According to Sutta Nipata Saketa or Ayodhya was first halting place on the southward road (Dakshinapatha) from Shravasti to Pratishthana. [11]
Avanti was an ancient Indian Mahajanapada (Great Janapada), roughly corresponding to the present-day Malwa region. According to the Buddhist texts , the Anguttara Nikaya , Avanti was one of the solasa mahajanapadas (sixteen great realms) of the 6th century BCE.
Anga [a] was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of eastern India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.The members of the Aṅga tribe were called the Āṅgeyas. [1]Counted among the "sixteen great nations" in Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya, Aṅga also finds mention in the Jain Vyakhyaprajnapti's list of ancient janapadas.