Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c29.235

c29.235

² Rām iii, 47, 29 ; 57, 4 : iv, 58, 20, 24 : v, 2, 19 ; 4, 24–5 ; 65, 10–11 : vi, 3, 21–2 ; 113, 54. MBh iii, 277, 16035 ; 281, 16252. The hill is called Trikūṭa, Rām vi, 2, 11 ; 39, 17–19 ; 40, 2–3 ; 125, 3 : but cf. v, 1, 200–2 ; 2, 1. Tradition says it was south-east of Trincomali, and has been swallowed up by the sea, Winslow’s Tamil Dict. s. v. Ilaṅkai. The name Laṅkā was also extended to mean Ceylon.