Etymology
The origin of the name Tripura is subject of many myths. Tripura appears to be a Sanskritized version of Tipra, the name of the indigenous people inhabiting the area. One popular theory suggests that Tripura is derived from two Kokborok words tui and pra. Tui stands for water, pra means near. The boundaries of Tripura extended up to the Bay of Bengal when the kings of Twipra Kingdom held sway from the Garo Hills to the Arakan; so the name may reflect the vicinity of the sea. According to another school of thought, the word Tripura may have originated from Tripura Sundari, the presiding deity of the Tripura Sundari Temple at Udaipur, one of the 51 Shakti Peethas (pilgrimage centres of Shakti worshippers of Hinduism). Yet another myth postulates the word Tripura is attributable to the legendary tyrant king Tripur who reigned in the region. Tripur was the 39th descendant of Druhya, who belonged to the lineage of Yayati, a king of the lunar dynasty.
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