Bhauvana (king of the city Bhauvana)

Bhauvana

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Bhauvana was the king of the city of Bhauvana, a well-known city on the top of a mountain. He was devoted to the dharma of a kshatriya. He is not King Bhauvana, son of Pramati, who performed ten aśvamedhas at once on the Gautamī.

In the account of Cakshustīrtha

Brahmā tells Nārada the glory of Cakshustīrtha on the southern bank of the Gautamī, where Bhagavān Vishṇu dwells as Yogeśvara. He begins with this city: there is a well-known city named Bhauvana on the top of a mountain, and its king, also named Bhauvana, was devoted to kshatriya dharma. In that city lived the brāhmaṇa Vṛddhakauśika, whose son Gautama became the friend of the vaiśya Maṇikuṇḍala. The chapter tells of their wagers on dharma and adharma and of Maṇikuṇḍala’s healing at the Gautamī, and from then on the tīrtha is known as Mṛtasañjīvana, Cakshustīrtha and Yogeśa.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 100

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 100