The old name for Dwarka. It’s an island and the city was built by the king Revata. Revata was the son of Aanarta, grandson of Vaivaswatamanu.

Antecedents: Vishnu – Brahma – Marichi – Kashyapa – Vivasvan – Vaivaswatamanu – Sharyati – Aanarta – Revata.

Some scriptures credit Aanarta for building the first forts in Kushasthali. The island was submerged after a few years. Later it arose and became a dense forest. Much later, Krishna established Dwarka. After his death, and the destruction of the Yadava clan, it was submerged again. It is believed that this place is west of the Gujarat coast as per Devibhagavata Saptamaskanda and Shrimadbhagavata Dashamaskanda.

A holy place. Bathing here would enable a person to earn swargaloka and be served by devastris. It is located in Kushadweepa as per Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 25 verse 28.

A region in ancient India as per Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 9 verse 56.

Near manasasaras there is another water body called Ujjanaka. Kushavan is located here as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 130 verse 18.

A city in devaloka. The devas conducted a mantra there once. Agastya cursed Kuber and his attendant Maniman while they were going to attend it as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 161 verse 54.

A holy place as per Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 9 verse 40.

A holy place near the Krauncha mountain as per Bhishmaparva Chapter 12 verse 21.

Also known as Kushaplavana. Bathing here and staying for three nights is equivalent to conducting an ashwamedha as per Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 12 verse 21. Diti, wife of Kashyapa once meditated her for getting a son equal to Indra. Indra got into her womb and killed the unborn child. This made Kushaplava famous as per Ramayana Balakanda Sarga 46.

The son born to Kusha and Vaidarbhi. His brothers were Kushamba, Asurtarajas and Vasu. Kushanabha built Mahodayapura and ruled from there. he married Ghritachi and they had a hundred daughters. Vayu once asked them to be his wives. They laughed at him and he made them hunchbacked. The king was dejected at this.

During that time a sage named Chooli was meditating nearby. Somada, daughter of the gandharvi Urmila, used to serve him and Chooli granted her a child with his spiritual energy. He was named Brahmadatta. He married all the 100 maidens and they transformed to their earlier selves as soon as he touched them. Kushanabha then conducted a putrakameshti yajna for a son. Brahma appeared, and thus Gadhi was born to him. Gadhi later became the father of one son and one daughter. The son was Vishwamitra and the daughter Satyavati. Satyavati later married Richika and Vishwamitra began ruling Kanyakubja as per Ramayana Balakanda Sargas 32-35.

A river as per Bhishmaparva Chapter 9 verse 24.