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Pataliputra (IAST: Pāṭaliputra), adjacent to modern-day Patna, Bihar, [1] was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490 BCE, as a small fort (Pāṭaligrāma) near the Ganges river. [2] [3] Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the confluence of two rivers, the Son and the Ganges.
The name Pataliputra is taken to mean "the son (putra) of Pāṭali, i. e. the trumpet flower. The words Puspapura and Kusumapura also mean 'a city of flowers'. The word 'Srinagara' means 'a beautiful city'. 307 Because of the abundance of flowers the city may have looked beautiful. It was known by other names also, viz., Puspapura, Puspapuri ...
The city has been known by various names through more than 2,000 years of existence – Pataligrama, Pataliputra, Kusumapura, Kusumdhwaja Pushpapuram, Padmavathi, Azimabad and the present-day Patna. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Legend ascribes the origin of Patna to the mythological King Putraka who created Patna by magic for his queen Patali, literally "trumpet flower", which gives it its ancient name Pataligrama.
We have given Kusumapura, thought to be close to Pataliputra (which was refounded as Patna in Bihar in 1541), as the place of Aryabhata’s birth but this is far from certain, as is even the location of Kusumapura itself.
Aug 20, 2024 · Pāṭaliputra (पाटलिपुत्र) was named after the name of the Pāṭala tree standing at the bank of the Ganges. It is also known as Pataliputranāgara. It was also called Kusumapura, as the tree was laden with many kusumas (flowers). Udāyi (formed king of Campā) built here a caitya of Śrī Nemi and became an advocate of ...
At least two of these plays, the Ubhayabhisarika and Dhurtavitasamvada, are explicitly set in Pataliputra, which is called here Kusumapura, or the city of flowers. The monologist in the plays, walking about the city, declaims on the sights and sounds thus: How wonderful is the supreme beauty of Kusumapura!
Pāṭaliputra is also known as Pātaligrāma, Pupplapura and Kusumapura. It was an ancient city of great fame. Gautama Buddha seems to have visited it, which was a small village at that time, during Ajātaśatru’s reign and predicted a great future for it.
