Pratishṭhāna
Pratishṭhāna
Pratishṭhāna is a name used for more than one city in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Places
- Pratishṭhānapura (Prayāga): the city in Prayāga given to Sudyumna and then to Purūravas, and in the Bhavishya Purāṇa the city of Māyāvidya and Saṃvaraṇa. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapters 2–3; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 9; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 7, 10, 228
- Pratishṭhāna: the ancient sacred city on the Godāvarī, today’s Paithan, and in the Brahma Purāṇa the tīrtha on the Gautamī where the Sun was installed. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Manohara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 11; Chapter 10; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 142; Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 40–42