Studies in Indian Art c11.s3.7

c11.s3.7

It seems as if '*giriṃ*' and '*puram*' were readings better suited for an intelligible meaning. Dr. Sukthankar kindly informed me that he preferred '*śiśumāra-puram*' and considered it to be the name of some locality where the '*samāja-vāṭa*' for Draupadī's '*svayaṃvara*' was built; it may have been in the vicinity of the capital of Drupada. The other reading '*śiṃśumāra-giriṃ*' appears to be the attempt of some puzzled copyist or commentator, who could make little sense out of '*śiṃśumāra-śiraḥ*' and so cut the Gordian knot by changing '*śiraḥ*' into '*puram*'. But such an emendation of the text due to lack of understanding of its meaning cannot be justified.