हस्तिनापुर

hastinā-pura

n. (less correctly hastina-p- orﾠ hastinī.) N. of a city founded by king Hastin q.v. (it was situated about fifty-seven miles north-east of the modern Delhi on the banks of an old channel of the Ganges, andﾠ was the capital of the kings of the Lunar line, as Ayodhyā was of the Solar dynasty;

hence it forms a central scene of action in the Mahābhārata;
here Yudhi-shṭhira was crowned after a triumphal progress through the streets of the city;
seeﾠ MBh. XII, 1386-1410 :
other names for this celebrated town are gajâ̱hvaya, nāga-sâ̱hvaya, nāgâ̱hva, hāctina) MBh. Hariv. Pur. etc.