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The Geography of the Puranas c23: Index

The Geography of the Purāṇas c23

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c23.1

Ābhiras, 131, 140, 144, 157, 163, 167 Abhra, 166 Acalottamavirāja, 74 Acchodā, 65 Afghanistan, 59, 89, 109, 142 Agastya Āśrama, 180, 181 Agni, 5, 6, 12, 13, 28, 41, 48, 94, 95, 112, 187 Agnibāhu, 10 Agnidhara, 4, 10 Agnimāla, 36 Agnivarcas, 1 Ahicchatra, 135, 174 Ain-i-Akbari, 126 Airavata, 32, 103 Airāvatī, 8 Aitareya Brāhmana, 130, 187 Ajanta, 146, 154, 155 Ajas, 20 Akritavrana, 1 Akṣu, 101, 103, 104, 105 Alai Valley, 52, 62, 73 Alaknandā, 56, 61, 62 Alasa, 165 Alberuni, 7, 126, 127, 180 Ali-bhadra, 165 Aling-Kangri, 68, 69 Alinas, 19 Ali madra, 165 Allah, 189 Altin Tagh, 99, 100, 102, 104, 107 Ambasthas, 131 Amu Darya, 89, 90, 97 Ananda Jala, 75, 82 Anant Sadana, 94, 95 Ananta, 129, 130, 163 Anarta, 130, 146, 166 Anasūyā, 9 Andhakas, 158, 163

c23.2

Andhra Pradesh, 154, 156, 157, 166, 168, 173 Andhras, 7, 20, 156, 157, 172 Aṅga, 20, 150, 151, 166, 171, 173, 175, 183 Aṅga Dwīpa, 179 Aṅga laukika, 164 Aṅgalokika, 164 Aṅgaloka, 141 Aṅgiras, 9, 15 Ānikata, 166 Añjana, 93, 134 Añjanācala, 94, 95 Añjanī, 93 Annaja, 169 Antargiri, 152, 166 Anūpa, 162, 169 Anus, 19 Anusāṅga, 3 Apaga, 165, 174 Aparānta, 131, 133, 163, 173, 175 Aparita, 163 Apasa, 165 Apathā, 169 Arabian Sea, 109, 129, 139, 153, 183 Arakan Yoma, 178, 179 Āranya, 168 Āranvakas, 16 Aravallis, 112, 116, 136, 138, 146, 158, 159, 170 Arbuda, 131, 146, 166, 172, 173 Arctic, 20, 81, 83, 87 Ārjikas, 19 Ārjikiya, 114 Arjuna, 23, 24, 130 Arpa, 113, 125 Arsana, 130 A(r)thapa, 163 Arthava, 163 Aruna Śṛigavān, 66

c23.3

Arundhati, 18 Arunoda, 62, 100, 101 Arūpa, 169 Arvuda, 163 Ārya Gālava, 167 Aryan, 16, 17, 19, 20, 134, 156 Āsandivat, 19 Asinila, 166 Askini, 114 Asmaka, 154, 155, 168, 173 Asmakas, 172 Aśoka, 97, 109, 127, 134, 153 Aśokavana, 74 Assakas, 175 Aṣṭādhyāyī of Panini, 137 Aswamedha Parva, 24 Ātavya, 168 Atharva Veda, 16, 18, 20, 130 Atrayotha, 165 Atreya, 165 Atri, 8, 9 Atya Karalgolwala, 97 Aurasas, 140, 143 Auṣadha, 165 Avanti, 117, 158, 159, 166, 169, 172, 173 Avantis, 20, 172 Avarni, 117 Āyatana, 8 Ayodhyā, 21, 22, 134, 135, 175 Ayodhyākāṇḍa, 21

c23.4

BACTRIA, 83, 97, 142 Badarikāśrama, 7 Bahirgiri, 152, 166 Bahu, 141 Bahu Bhadra, 141 Bāhudā, 115, 124 Bāhudāsa, 115 Bahūdaka, 169 Bāhuka, 165 Bāhyā, 122, 163 Bāhyatodara, 165 Bairāṭa, 137 Baitarani, 113, 121 Bakulā, 97 Bālhīka, 21

c23.5

Balis, 142 Balistan, 142 Balochis, 142 Baluchistan, 132, 139, 141, 142 Bāluvāhinī, 119 Banas, 116, 136, 137, 146, 159, 172 Banawāsi, 153 Bandhanā, 116 Banganga, 116, 137 Barind, 159, 150, 151 Barvani, 161, 162 Bāsikya, 166 Baudhāyana, 20, 109, 131 Beas, 115, 144, 170, 171 Bengal, 121, 148, 151 Bengal, Bay of, 109, 129, 153 Bhadguraka, 166 Bhadra Somā, 62, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 84, 85, 86 Bhadrakāra, 137, 138, 163, 164 Bhadrāśwa, 10, 33, 64, 65, 73 Bhadravaka, 166 Bhadravarsa, 25, 52, 58, 99, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108 Bhagalpur, 152, 171 Bhāgavata, 4, 11, 12, 28, 42, 48, 84, 182 Bhagīratha, 11, 67, 68, 69 Bhāgīrathī, 12, 61, 62, 68, 171 Bhāgīrathī-Hooghly, 148, 149, 151 Bhalanas, 19 Bhān(r)ukaccha, 166 Bhārata, 1, 4, 5, 10, 14, 22, 23, 50, 57, 124 Bharatas, 19 Bhāratavarsa, 3, 7, 13, 14, 36, 40, 52, 63, 64, 109, 110, 112, 113, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 142, 146, 170, 177, 178, 179 Bharadwāj(ak)a, 165 Bhārgava, 167 Bhārukaccha, 166 Bhāskarācārya, 24, 126 Bhaurnaka, 108 Bhava, 9 Bhavimardra, 108 Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, 5

c23.6

Bhavya, 10 Bhesakalavana, 134 Bhīmā, 97, 122, 154 Bhīmarathā, 122 Bhīmarathī, 122 Bhisma Parva, 23, 48, 159 Bhīrukaccha, 166 Bhogavarddhana, 155, 168 Bhoja, 158, 159, 168 Bhojya, 168 Bhramara, 97 Bhṛgu, 9 Bhṛgukaccha, 175 Bhuliṅga, 137, 138 Bhūmi Khaṇḍa, 2, 13 Bhuvana Khaṇḍa, 13 Bhuvana Kośa, 13 Bhuvana Sāgara, 13 Bihar, 133, 148, 150, 151, 152 Biyatta, 115 Bodha, 137, 138, 163 Brahmā, 35, 41, 48, 84, 87, 138, 152, 185, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196 Brahmagupta, 24 Brahma Purāṇa, 2, 6, 7, 11, 13 Brahma Pārśva Peāk, 54 Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, 6 Brāhmaṇas, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 75, 93, 105, 126, 127, 130, 187 Brahmāṇḍa (Purāṇa), 5, 7, 8, 12, 28, 42, 131, 147, 182 Brahmaputra, 20, 61, 66, 113, 115, 128, 148, 151, 171 Brahmaputra-Yamunā Doāb, 149 Brāhmī, 97, 157 Brāhmaṇī, 121 Brahmottara (Janapada), 152, 167 Brahmottara Khaṇḍa, 6 Braja, 137 Bṛhadā Upanisad, 17 Bṛhat Saṃhitā, 46 Buddha, 134, 175, 190 Buddhi, 9 Buddhistic, 131, 135, 141, 174, 185, 189, 190 Burma, 126, 176

c23.7

Cahuka, 165 Caiṣika, 168 Cakaragiri, 179 Campā, 150, 175 Campāvatī, 97 Cañcalā, 119 Candanā, 116 Candaura, 176 Candrakānta, 76, 86, 108 Candra Mountain, 78 Candra, 114 Candrabhāgā, 114 Candra Dwipa, 77, 78, 86, 87 Candravantā, 77 Candravārittā, 86, 87 Candraha, 115 Candramā, 187 Candraprabha, 65, 66, 70 Candrāvatī, 97 Cape Comorin, 155, 172 Cāranas, 77, 85 Carma Khaṇḍa, 141 Carmakhaṇḍika, 163 Carmaṇvatī, 61, 117 Cauḍa, 167 Caulya, 167 Caya, 94 Cedis, 159 Ceylon, 127, 129 Chaghanian, 92, 96, 98 Chaksu, 62, 66, 67, 68, 89, 90 Chaldean, 192, 193 Chambal, 112, 117, 132, 136, 137, 157, 158, 159, 160 Chimkend, 81, 82 China, 21, 171, 176 Chinese, 86, 180 Chirchick, 80, 81 Chhoṭā-Nāgpur, 130, 157, 170 Citra Sena, 56 Citrakūṭa, 22, 118 Citrotpalā, 118, 119 Cola(s), 156, 167, 172 Contai Coastal Plain, 149, 151 Coromandal, 155, 156 Cosmogony, 184, 193 Cosmography, 184, 193

c23.8

Cosmology, 184, 193 Cucukas, 157 Cūdika, 165 Cu(ū)lika, 165 Cunningham, 109, 127, 128, 136, 146, 150, 151, 174 Cutch, 146, 172

c23.9

DABHRAVATI, 97 Dahimāla, 36 Dakṣa, 9, 97 Dakṣiṇa Mānasa, 71 Dakṣiṇapatha, 21, 131, 133, 152 Dakṣiṇa Kosala, 84, 113 Dakṣiṇa Deśa, 173 Dakṣiṇa Pāñcāla, 174 Daman Gaṅgā, 148 Damodar, 121, 152 Darśanasttha, 164 Daṇḍaka, 22, 156, 157, 168, 172 Daṇḍā, 97 Dantaparanagara, 156 Dantapura, 156, 175 Daradas, 140, 143, 164, 171 Darwaz (Range), 90, 91 Dārva, 143, 166 Daśamālika, 164 Daśamāṇaka, 164 Daśamānika, 164 Daśamāsttha, 164 Daśanamaka, 164 Daśārṇā, 118, 158, 159, 168, 172, 173 Daśaratha, 21 Daśavibhāga, 126 Deccan, 22, 153, 154, 160, 170 Deeg, 115, 136 Delhi, 134, 135, 136 Demons, 54, 55, 75, 96, 103, 106 Deśamanka, 141 Deśapradeśa, 54, 55 Devabhṛja, 89 Devakūṭa (mountain), 3, 53, 57, 99, 100, 102, 105, 107 Devas, 54, 75, 77, 89, 96, 103, 106, 107 Devāpi, 94

c23.10

Devācala, 100 Deva-Śaila, 105 Devikā, 115 Devī Gaṅgā, 68 Devikā Kuhu, 115 Dhātake Khaṇḍam, 42 Dhanvatī, 117 Dhasan, 118, 157, 159, 179 Dhāta(u)ki Khaṇḍa, 33, 44 Dhanli Gaṅgā, 64 Dhaulgiri, 50, 51 Dhāulī, 62 Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 33 Dhṛti, 9 Dhūmaja, 97 Dhūmralohita, 66, 67 Dhutapāpā, 115 Dhūtpāpā, 115 Dhūtvāhinī, 119 Dir, 143 Dṛṣadvatī, 115 Druhyus, 19 Druma, 56 Dudhkośī, 115 Durgā, 148, 166 Durgala, 166 Dvarwati, 176 Dvirāja, 75, 80 Dvāraka, 158 Dwipas, 2, 4, 8, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47 Dyutiman, 179 Dyutimat, 10

c23.11

EKACHA, 97 Epies, 21, 31, 109, 110, 133, 135

c23.12

FARGHANA, 80, 81

c23.13

GABALA, 164 Gabhastimān, 126, 127, 130 Galava, 48 Gambhīr(a), 117, 136 Gaṇadwīpa, 35 Gaṇḍak(i), 115, 133, 148, 150, 175 Gaṇḍak-Rapti Gaṅgā Doāb, 150 Gandhamādana, 10, 52, 58, 89, 91, 93 Gāndhāra(s), 143, 145, 163, 172, 173 Gandhārī, 19 Gandharva Khaṇḍa, 127, 129 Gandharva(s), 53, 54, 56, 57, 70, 71, 75, 94, 96, 103, 106, 107, 126, 129, 130, 174 Gandharvī, 70 Gaṇeśa Khaṇḍa, 6 Gaṅgā, 4, 11, 12, 21, 22, 65, 67, 68, 69, 112, 114, 119, 127, 135, 136, 148, 149, 150, 151, 159, 170, 171, 174 Gaṅgā Avtāra Varṇan, 65, 69 Gaṅgā-Brahmaputra Doāb, 151 Gaṅgā-Gomatī Doāb, 151 Gaṅgā-Yamunā Doāb, 135 Gangetic Plain (Basin), 128, 129, 132, 150 Gangetic Delta, 129, 149 Garga, 48 Garuḍa, 87 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 126, 127, 129 Gaura (Mountain), 67, 68 Gaurī Gaṅgā, 64 Geyamallaka, 167 Geyamars(y)aka, 167 Geyamarthaka, 167 Geyamalava, 167 Ghagara, 175 Ghaggar, 114, 115, 133, 135 Ghats, see Western Ghats Ghrtoda, 35 Ghrtoda Sea, 46 Gilgit, 102, 146 Giri, 93 Girivraja, 22, 146 Girna, 148, 171 Godava, 97 Godāvarī, 113, 122, 130, 138, 147, 154, 155, 156, 157, 172, 175, 176, 177 Gogrā, 62, 115, 170 Gomatī, 4, 114, 115, 135

c23.14

Gomamuṣya, 97 Gomanta, 167 Gomeda, 29, 39, 167 Gomeda Dvīpa, 8 Gonanda, 167 Gonardda, 167 Govinda, 167 Greek(s), 27, 30, 127, 140, 141, 143, 144, 182, 185, 193 Gujarat, 136, 137, 157, 158 Guhas, 157 Guṇaka, 165 Gurgaṇa, 169 Gurjara, 137 Gurlā Māndhātā, 66 Gwalior, 158, 160

c23.15

Hagari, 122, 154 Haibhauma, 108 Haihayas, 158 Haisika, 168 Haṁsa, 58 Haṁsamārga, 165, 169 Haṅgaparvata, 74 Haṁsmargas, 173 Harahaura (Hara Huṇa), 130 Hāra-hūras, 171 Hārabhūṣika, 141, 164 Hāramūrtika, 141, 164 Hārahūṇaka, 164 Hāramūrsika, 164 Hārapūrika, 164 Hari, 53, 97 Harikeśa, 56 Hari Rud, 171 Harṣavardhana, 164 Harivaṁśa, 11, 23, 32, 151 Hari-varṣa, 7, 10, 11, 32, 52 Hariṇa, 182 Harvahaka, 108 Hastināpur, 11, 12, 135, 174 Hazaribagh Range, 112, 148, 149, 152 Hema Citra, 54 Hemakūṭ(a), 10, 52, 53, 65, 69, 70, 71, 102 Hema Śṛṅga, 70, 75

c23.16

Henan, 97 Herodotus, 42, 109, 141 Hima, 10 Himādri-varṣa, 68 Himālayas(n), 7, 20, 22, 50, 51, 53, 109, 114, 115, 121, 134, 139, 143, 148, 150, 151, 170, 173, 176, 177, 195 Himavanta, 16, 20 Himavat, 32, 49, 50, 112 Himavān, 49, 53, 54, 127 Himavat Khaṇḍa, 6, 10 Hindūkush, 20, 50, 52, 53, 90, 91, 97, 109, 142 Hiraṇmaya Varṣa, 73 Hiraṇvata, 10 Hiraṇya, 192 Hiraṇyagarbha, 187 Hiraṇyaśṛṅga, 67, 68 Hiraṇyaka varṣa, 73 Hiraṇyavat-varṣa, 78, 84, 85 Hiraṇyavatī, 76, 84 Hissar range, 83, 90, 92, 96, 97, 138 Hlādinī, 67 Hooghly, See ‘Bhagīrathī Hooghly’. Hoṣika, 168 Hradikā, 119 Hrādinī (Hlādinī), 67, 68 Ḥudūd-at-Ālam, 95 Hueng-Tsang, 82, 87, 102, 137, 157 Hūṇa, 169 Hwangho, 99, 102, 103, 105 Hyderabad, 144, 172

c23.17

ICHAMATI, 148 Iksu, 115 Iksudā, 124 Iksuk(1)ā, 124 Ikṣvākus, 21 Ilāvṛta(varṣa), 7, 10, 52, 58, 84, 99 India, 87, 109, 147, 153, 154, 177, 180, 181 Indo-gangetic Plain, 109, 177 Indra, 15, 104, 107, 128, 130, 187 Indra Dwipa, 69, 128, 129 Indranila, 79 Indraprastha, 135, 174, 177

c23.18

Indra Śaila, 74, 75 Indravana, 106 Indravatī, 157 Indus, 20, 50, 66, 69, 114, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 171, 172 Ionians, 126, 192 Irāvatī, 114 Irtysh, 85, 86, 87, 102 Ishkamish, 89, 91 Iskandar Dārya, 71 Iskandar Kul, 71 Ituna, 169

c23.19

JACUDA, 145, 165 Jalaṅgī, 148 Jaladvīpa, 35 Jalarūpasila, 35 Jambū (Dwipa), 3, 7, 10, 13, 20, 22, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 49, 51, 52, 56, 58, 60, 62, 63, 73, 76, 82, 83, 87, 89, 97, 99, 127, 178, 179 Jambul, 82 Jambulā, 119 Janapadas, 7, 136, 138, 140, 142, 161, 162, 163, 170 Jāṅgala, 135, 145, 163, 165 Jaṅgha, 97 Janu, 115 Jānuka, 157 Jarna, 165 Jarudhi, 75, 80, 82, 85 Jaṭhara, 57, 99, 100, 102 Java, 21, 34, 35, 127, 180, 182 Jaya, 70 Jayanta, 97 Jayantī, 153 Jhelum, 114, 143, 145, 170, 171 Jhelum-Chenab Doāb, 145 Jityam Tau, 92 Jonk, 113, 125 Jurudhi Mountain, 3 Jyotiratha, 118 Jyotiṣmat, 10 Jyotiṣmatī, 70 Jyotsnā, 70

c23.20

Kabul, 109, 114, 132, 142, 143 Kācala, 97 Kacchapa, 56 Ka(ā)cchika, 146, 166 Kacchiya, 166, 172 Kadalivana, 74 Kafirnigan, 90, 92, 95, 96, 97 Kaici, 97 Kaikeya, 146, 164, 170 173 Kailāsa, 3, 53, 57, 65, 66, 69, 71 Kainur, 160 Kakudmāna, 41 Kāla, 93, 97, 191 Kalai Khumb, 90, 91 Kalapagrāma, 57 Kalat, 141, 172 Kālatoyad(k)a, 141, 163 Kālatoyas, 172 Kā(o)lavana, 148, 166, 171 Kalavya, 168 Kalchuries, 175 Kālikata, 166 Kālindi, 97 Kalinga(s), 20, 110, 130, 131, 151, 156, 157, 163, 164, 167, 173 Kālitaka, 166 Kālisindh, 116, 178 Kālodaka, 35 Kalpa, 190, 193, 196 Kalpa Sūtras, 16 Kalvan, 148, 171 Kāmadeśa, 143 Kāmarūpa, 131 Kambala(ā), 97 Kamboja, 139, 143, 164 Kampila, 19, 135 Kāmyā (Kanyā), 10 Kamyaka, 134, 135 Kānanathali, 74 Kanaka (mountains), 91, 93 Kaṅka, 89 Kaṇṭakāra, 164 Kapila, 74, 77, 89, 91, 93, 97, 167 Kapilā karnika, 97 Kapilavāstu, 134 Kapiñjala, 74, 75, 79, 80 Karakoram, 50, 59

c23.21

Karamnāsā, 118, 160 Kāruskara, 147, 166 Kara Tagh, 92, 93, 96 Karataghīn, 92, 98 Kara Tau, 53, 73, 80, 81, 82 Karatchukor, 62 Karkotaka, 129 Karmamārga, 165 Karnapravarana, 169 Kārtikeya, 56, 57 Kartoyā, 118, 121 Karīsas, 131, 158, 159, 160, 167, 168 Karvata, 97 Kaseruka, 165 Kaserumat, 126, 127, 130 Kāṣghar 52, 61, 100, 101, 104, 169 Kashka Darya, 83, 84 Kashmir, 30, 143, 172 Kāśī, 20, 21, 22, 135, 136, 156, 163, 171, 172, 173, 175, 177 Kasika, 113, 125, 137 Kāśī Khanada, 6 Kāśmīras, 165, 166, 171, 172 Kaśyapa, 1, 103, 104 Kaśyapa Dwīpa, 36 Kataha, 126, 127, 129 Kati, 62 Kauravīa, 33 Kausāmbī, 12, 134 Kausāmbeya, 19 Kauśiki, 115 Kausitaki, 17, 187 Kāvata, 21 Kāveri, 113, 116, 122, 130, 154, 156, 172, 177 Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Rājaśekhara, 112, 126, 131, 140, 151 Kekasa, 164 Kekaya(s), 21, 22, 138, 164 Ken, 119, 157, 160 Kerala, 123, 153, 155, 167, 168, 172, 173, 176 Kesar Valley, 94, 95 Keśava, 87 Ketumāla (Dwīpa), 3, 10, 25, 52, 58, 64, 65, 73, 83, 89, 97, 99, 142

c23.22

Kharjūravana, 74 Khāndeś, 147, 148 Khan Tengri, 101 Khasa, 169, 173 Khotan, 102, 104, 107 Khuramāla Sea, 36 Khwaja Mohammad range, 52, 91 Khyāti, 9 Kīkatas, 20 Kīkarava, 168 Kimpurusa (varṣa), 7, 10, 52 Kinnarā-Deśa, 58 Kinnaras, 54, 56, 74, 75, 94, 96, 103, 106 Kirāta, 56, 58, 126, 127, 163, 165, 169 Kirghiz, 53, 73, 82, 86 Kīrtti, 9 Kisengaṅgā, 143 Kiṣkindhā, 22 Kiṣkindhaka, 158, 161, 168 Kiṣkindha Kāṇḍa, 21 Kizil Kum, 53, 81 Kizil Su, 62, 100, 101, 102, 103 Kokcha valley, 55, 90, 91 Kolkai, 175 Komgystso, 65 Kosala, 20, 21, 84, 134, 135, 136, 158, 159, 161, 168, 170, 173, 175 Kosambi, 175 Kosī, 62, 115, 149, 150, 174 Kosī-Gaṅgā Doāb, 149 Kraivya Pañcāla, 19 Kramaḥ, 119 Kramāt, 119 Kramu, 119 Kratu, 9 Krauñca (Dvīpa), 8, 10, 17, 28, 29, 33, 39, 45, 46, 56, 97 Krauñca Śaila Vana, 58 Kṛpā, 113, 125 Kṛṣṇa, 2, 5, 6, 34, 87, 92, 95, 97, 100, 113, 134, 154, 156, 157, 172, 176, 177, 182 Kṛṣṇābhauma, 108 Kṛṣṇanīgamani-Purjaka, 97 Kṛṣṇa Janma Khaṇḍas, 6

c23.23

Kṛṣṇa Gaṅgā, 63, 64 Kṛṣṇaveṇī, 122 Kṛṣṇaveṇvā, 122 Kṛṣpāda, 97 Kṛtamālā, 123 Krumu, 114 Kṛvis, 19 Kṣamā, 9 Kṣatodara, 165 Kṣatris, 164 Kṣatriya, 126, 127 Kṣatroyotha, 165 Kṣiroda, 35 Kṣīra Sagara, 43, 44 Kṣīra Samudra, 40 Kṣudra-Parvatas, 110 Kṣupaṇa, 169 Kubera, 7, 10, 57, 97 Kuhū, 114 Kukkuṭa, 166 Kukṣi, 10 Kukuras, 158 Kula, 97, 163 Kula Parvatas, 34, 110, 128 Kulinda, 164 Kulīya, 148 Kulu, 171, 172, 173 Kulīta(s), 165, 171, 172, 173 Kuluto, 165 Kulya, 163, 167 Kulyab, 94, 95 Kumāra, 123, 167, 172 Kumārī, 113, 125, 126 Kumārikā (Khaṇḍa), 126, 127 Kumedh(a), 92 Kumuabha, 97 Kumud, 92, 93, 94, 95, 182 Kumuda, 58, 94, 96, 108 Kumudā Cala, 89 Kumudprabhā, 77, 86, 87 Kumudvatī, 121 Kumuñja, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106 Kunar, 62, 143 Kunduz, 90, 91 Kunlun, 50, 53, 59, 99, 101 Kuntala(s), 136, 153, 154, 157, 163, 168, 171

c23.24

Kunti, 163 Kuṇapa, 169 Kūpā, 113, 125 Kupatha, 154, 167, 169 Kurava, 169 Kuriali, 62 Kūrma (Purāṇa), 7, 28, 42, 112, 129, 130 Kūrmacakra, 130 Kūrmanivasa, 5 Kūrmavibhāga, 5 Kursatvisadha Mountain, 66 Kuru(s), 10, 11, 12, 20, 70, 76, 82, 87, 131, 133, 135, 165, 170, 172, 174 Kuru Jāṅgala, 134 Kurukṣetra, 5, 7, 137 Kuruk Tagh, 99, 100, 102 Kuru Varṣa, 76 Kuśa Dvīpa, 8, 10, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 46, 130, 179, 182, 183 Kuśamāla, 36 Kuśāmba, 19 Kuśaprāvaraṇa, 169 Kusatta, 163 Kuśavatī, 97, 175 Kuśinagar, 150 Kuśinārā, 134, 175 Kusuma, 167 Kūṭaśālmalī, 35

c23.25

Ladakh, 51, 53, 66, 171 Lajjā, 9 Lakṣaṇas, 1 Lakṣmī, 9, 129 Lalita Vistāra, 32 Lampāka(s), 140, 143, 165, 172 Lamshān, 172 Lamulni, 124 Lāṅgūlinī, 124 Laṅkā, 21, 22, 181 Lavaṇa, 28 Licchavis, 175 Liṅga (Purāṇa), 6, 18, 42, 48 Lions, 62 Lohita, 66, 71, 113, 115 Lohityā, 115

c23.26

Lokas, 54, 94, 95, 106 Lucknow, 115, 134 Lumbini Vana, 134 Luni, 138 Lūpā, 117

c23.27

Madhavi, 70 Madhauraiya, 97 Madhoman, 89 Madhumān mountain, 71 Madhumana, 93 Madhuwatsarovara, 70, 71 Madhyadeśa, 116, 126, 127, 131, 132, 133, 137, 138, 160, 163, 173 Madhya Pradesh, 119, 161 Magadha, 130, 136, 150, 163, 167, 172, 173 Magadhas, 20, 21, 131, 151, 171, 172, 175 Mahābhadra, 62, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 84 Mahābhārata, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 45, 48, 130, 131, 133, 137, 140, 142, 144, 151, 156, 157, 158 Mahābhauma, 108 Mahābhrja, 89 Mahadeo Hills, 112, 146, 152, 154, 181 Mahāgaurī, 121 Mahāianapradas, 135 Mahākalapa, 193 Mahakaśa, 108 Mahākul-Parvata, 178 Mahāloka, 193 Mahāmalaya, 180 Mahāmālī, 56 Mahāmegha, 74 Mahānadī, 56, 113, 118, 120, 125, 130, 152, 156, 157, 160, 176 Mahānāgas, 97, 103 Mahānasna, 97 Mahā Netra, 107 Mahānila, 75, 79, 100, 103, 104, 106 Mahāpadma, 56, 94 Mahā Purāṇas, 1

c23.28

Mahārāṣṭra(s), 148, 154, 167, 172, 173 Mahar-Loka, 38 Mahāsāgara, 178 Mahāśaila, 74 Mahāśaku, 167 Mahāsthala, 108 Māhātmya, 5, 6, 8 Mahāvana, 79, 134 Mahāvegā, 119 Mahavitam Khaṇḍa, 42 Mahendra (Mountain), 22, 108, 112, 113, 125, 126, 129, 154, 155 Māhī, 117, 171 Mahiacala Kuṭaka, 97 Mahisa, 97 Māhiṣaka(s), 153, 154, 167, 172 Mahisi, 97 Māhiṣmatī, 175 Māhīyas, 171 Maidantal, 82 Maikal, 112, 113, 146, 152, 154, 161 Maināka, 17 Majumdar, 126, 128 Makara, 56 Makran, 109, 138, 140, 141, 183 Makṣu, 71 Makṣumā, 119 Māla, 167 Mālada, 151, 167 Malaka, 163 Mālava(s), 131, 158, 160, 167, 168, 169, 173 Malavarṇka, 167 Malaya, 22, 113, 123, 127, 129, 169, 179, 180, 181, 182 Malaya Dwipa, 179, 180, 181 Malda(s), 172 Malechas, 179, 181 Malla, 141, 150 Mallakodara, 165 Mallas, 134, 176 Mālvanika, 167 Mālyavan, 52, 58, 100, 101 Mānanda, 167 Manasā, 62 Mānasarovar, 57, 65, 66, 71, 102

c23.29

Manavartika, 167 Mand, 113, 125 Mandagā, 113, 125 Mandākinī, 58, 61, 65, 118 Mandara, 41, 180 Manḍavāhinī, 113, 125 Manḍla, 112, 161, 169 Maṇibhadra, 65 Maṇiśaila, 100, 101, 103, 104 Maṇivara, 56 Mañjra, 154, 155 Mañjulā, 119 Manoramā, 117 Manu, 1, 109 Mānusi, 97 Manusmṛti, 17 Mārīca's Āśrama, 22 Mārīchi, 9 Markaṇḍeya (Purāṇa), 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 28, 48, 57, 64, 109, 126, 130, 131, 132, 147, 152, 157, 159 Markus, 71 Marudridhā, 114 Maruts, 18, 25 Maryāda Mountain, 75, 82, 107, 110 Māṭha, 164, 170 Māṭhaṅga, 167 Mathurā, 6, 13, 158, 164, 174 Matnakasīka, 97 Matsya (Purāṇa), 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 20, 21, 28, 40, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49, 64, 65, 66, 84, 112, 113, 116, 118, 129, 131, 137, 138, 146, 147, 151, 152, 157, 159, 161, 163, 173, 175 Maulika(s), 154, 155, 168, 172, 175 Mausiya, 97 Mayūra, 75, 78, 80 Medhā, 9, 10 Medhātithi, 10 Meghadūta, 57, 120 Megha Śaila, 74, 81 Meghnā, 148, 149, 152 Mekala(s), 158, 161, 168, 173

c23.30

Meru, 3, 10, 17, 22, 31, 32, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 69, 70, 73, 75, 78, 82, 89, 91, 93, 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105 Merukūṭa, 75 Middle Gangetic Valley, 149, 150 (See also Gangetic plain (Basin)) Mithilā, 21, 150 Mitrāyu, 1 Modaka, 97 Monghyr, 119, 136, 150, 152 Mṛgakāntā, 70, 71 Mṛgyā, 70, 71 Mṛtya Loka, 103 Mūka, 163 Mukuṭ(a), 89, 92, 93, 96 Muṇḍa, 167 Muni, 1, 9, 96 Muñjavān, 16, 17 Mū(Uṇ)javatas, 19 Musi, 157, 172 Mūṣika, 156, 157, 167, 172 Murala(s), 147, 171 Murghab, 90, 92, 97 Mūtibas, 20 Mysore, 153, 154

c23.31

Nabhi, 10 Nāgadeśa, 179 Nāga dwipa, 36, 96, 126, 127 Nāgapati, 75, 83 Nāga(s), 54, 74, 75, 96, 129, 130, 181, 182 Nāga Śaila, 74, 75, 79, 80 Nāgavana, 74 Naimika, 168 Naimisaraṇya, 4 Nairata, 130 Nairnika, 168 Naiṣadha, 169 Naiṣika, 168 Naitika, 168 Nala Kālika, 157, 168 Nalakāraka, 168 Nalamāla, 36

c23.32

Nalinī, 67 Nāmāvāsaka, 167 Nanda, 56 Nandaka, 56 Nandanī, 116 Nandinī, 97 Naṅgā Parbat, 66, 67 Nanshan, 99, 100, 107 Nānwali, 70 Narada, 1 Narakas, 4 Nārāyaṇa, 34, 87, 94 Narmadā, 112, 113, 116, 118, 130, 146, 147, 152, 157, 160, 161, 162, 171, 172, 175 Narwar, 120, 158, 160, 172 Naryn, 78, 79, 80 Nasik, 133, 147, 159, 172 Nāsikānta, 166 Nāsikyādva, 166 Nāsikya(s), 133, 147, 148, 172 Nāsikyava, 166 Navrāṣtra, 167 Newaj, 120 Nicaksu, 12 Nicītā, 115 Nigarhara, 169 Nihāra, 169 Nīla (Mountain), 10, 52, 53, 56, 69, 70, 73, 74, 83, 85, 87, 89, 99, 100 Nīla Mauleya, 108 Nīlambara Deva, 94 Nilotpalā, 119 Nirāhāra, 169 Nirmal range, 154, 155 Nirvindhyā, 112, 120 Nirvīrā, 115 Niṣadanadi, 120 Niṣadha (Mountain), 3, 10, 32, 52, 53, 57, 59, 69, 70, 71, 84, 89, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 120, 158, 160, 172, 173 Niṣadhāvati, 120 Niścala, 115 Niścirā, 115 Nisvīrā, 115

c23.33

Nivita, 115 Nūpī, 117 Nura Tau,

c23.34

Orissa, 125, 154, 157, 160, 173 Oudh, 21, 133, 159, 160 Oxus, 30, 55, 61, 65, 71, 73, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, 142

c23.35

Pauma, 56, 193 Padmā, 21, 148, 149, 151, 152, 171 Padma (Purāṇa), 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 40, 131 Pahlava, 141 Paiṣṇī, 113, 118 Paithan, 155, 175 Pakistan, 144, 151 Pakthas, 19 Palaśā, 97 Palaśinī, 113, 125 Pāli literature, 110, 162 Pallava, 163 Pāmīrs, 31, 50, 51, 52, 59, 68, 71, 78, 83, 89, 91 Pañcāla(s), 19, 20, 61, 130, 131, 135, 159, 163, 170, 173 Pāṇḍavas, 23 Pāṇḍura, 93, 96 Pāṇḍya, 21, 109, 154, 155, 158, 167, 173, 175 Pāṇika, 168 Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī, 137 Pāṇis, 15, 20 Panj, 61, 90, 91, 92, 95 Panjāb, see Paunjab Panjanād, 139, 149 Pañjkora, 143 Pankini, 119 Pārā, 117 Parachak, 108 Pārada, 144, 164 Parardha, 193 Paraśakasthali, 74 Parasara, 5, 9, 11, 130 Parasikas, 131

c23.36

Paraswanī, 113, 125 Pārāvatas, 20 Patavi, 161, 162, 169 Parbati, 117 Paricakrā, 19 Pārijāta Mountains, 3, 93 Pāripātra, 17, 112, 116, 120 Parita, 164 Pāriyātra, 22 Parivaya, 108 Parnasa, 159 Parusni, 114 Pāriyāta mountain, 89 Pascima Dwipa, 34 Pāśinī, 125 Pataccara, 163 Patachchāras, 171 Pāṭaliputra, 175 Patna, 9, 11, 134, 148 Patvi, 159 Paundra, 167 Paurika, 168 Paurāṇika Saṁhitā, 1 Paurika, 154, 155, 168 Pavanī, 67, 68, 116 Pawa, 150 Payoṣṇī, 112 Payodā, 70, 71 Pavoli, 120 Pen-Gaṅgā, 63, 155 Penner, 122, 154, 156 Periyar, 123 Persian(s), 176, 185, 192 Pīdica, 165 Piḍika, 145, 165 Piṅgala, 112 Piñjara, 89 Pippala, 118 Pippaliśroṇi, 118 Piśācīkā, 118 Pitrisomā, 112 Pitrsoma, 124 Pittala, 98 Pivari, 97 Plakṣa, 10, 33, 34, 39, 41, 42 Plato, 192, 193 Pluṣṭa, 169

c23.37

Potana, 175 Prabhanjana, 97 Prācya, 131, 148 Prācya Deśa, 173 Prāgjyotiṣa(s), 151, 167, 171, 172 Prajāvrats, 27 Prakṛiti Khaṇḍa, 6 Prakriyā, 3 Prānhitā, 155, 156 Prasthala, 165 Prathama, 163 Prativaīśya, 164 Pratyantya mountains, 89 Pravaṅga, 167 Pravijaya, 167 Priyalaukika, 164 Priyavrata, 4, 9, 10 Prsadhra, 167 Ptolemy, 92, 109, 138, 140, 143, 144, 148, 151, 153, 158 Pudukkottai, 155, 156 Pulaha, 9 Pulastya, 9 Pule(ī)ya, 166 Pulinda(s), 20, 130, 156, 157, 164, 166, 168 Puliṅga, 163 Pañcajanāḥ, 19 Puṇḍarīkā, 70, 71, 129 Puṇḍra, 167, 171 Puṇḍras, 20, 131, 151, 156 Puṇḍravardhana, 151 P(ā)uñjāb, 138, 139, 144, 145 Puṇpalvati, 123 Puṇyā, 97 Puṇyodā, 97 Purabī, 141 Puralī, 141 Purandhra, 163 Pūrṇa, 121, 147, 155 Purus, 19 Puṣkalā, 97 Puṣkalāvatī, 176 Puṣkara, 2, 8, 10, 33, 34, 35, 39, 42, 43, 44, 75, 80 Puṣpagiri, 123 Puṣpaiā(ti), 123 Puṣpaka, 55, 74, 81, 96 Puṣpavatī, 123

c23.38

Puṣṭi, 9 Putra, 10 Pyandzh, 54, 89, 90, 91, 92 Pyoṣṇī, 120

c23.39

RAGHUVAMSA, 151, 181 Raichur, 154 (Rājaśekhara's) Kāvyamīmāṃsa, see Kāvyamīmāṃsa Rajasthan, 136, 138 Rajgarha (Rajgir), 146, 150 Rājīva Kokila, 97 Rajmahal Hills, 149, 150, 152 Rākṣasas, 82, 180 Rākṣasa Tal, 65, 71, 75 Raktañjalam Lohitam, 35 Rāma, 5, 21, 22, 120, 134 Rāmagaṅgā, 62, 63, 115, 175 Ramaṇa, 164, 167 Ramaṇaka (Varṣa), 73, 76, 83, 84, 85 Rāmāyaṇa, 1, 3, 5, 21, 24, 27, 31, 32, 35, 39, 40, 46, 134, 159, 190 Ramina, 166 Ramya, 10 Ramyaka, 82, 83 Raṅgeya, 167 Raṅkṣu, 115 Rapti, 115, 149, 150, 170, 171, 175 Rasht, 92, 98 Rasiti(a), 166 Ratnadhāra, 165 Ratnavahinī, 119 Rāvaṇa, 22, 181 Ravi, 114, 115, 145, 180 Ravi-Chenab Doāb, 148 Renumana, 100 Revā Khaṇḍa, 6, 162 Ṛgveda, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 185, 186, 187 Riksa-Parvat 112 Rīksavat, 113 Ṛksa, 120 Rohi, 117 Rohiṇī, 134 Romaharṣanika, 1 Romesh, 107 Rośā, 97 Rośan, 55, 96 Ṛṣabha, 4, 97, 100, 120

c23.40

Rṣika (Rṣikulya), 112, 113, 124, 125 Rṣis, 4, 7, 53, 54, 94 Ṛtukulyā, 124 Ṛtumālā, 123 Ruba-al-Mamur, 37 Rudra, 18, 93, 187 Rūpā, 117 Rupahas, 117 Rūpak(p)a, 166 Rūpasa, 147, 166 Rūpya, 32 Rybachya, 82

c23.41

Sabala, 10 Sabara(s), 20, 168 Sābarmati, 116, 146 Sabhāparva, 21, 23, 24 Sabharadwāja, 165 Sahi, 116, 137, 175 Sadānīrā, 17, 116 Sadaseraka, 165 Sadātīrā, 116 Saha, 163 Sahasaubhaka, 165 Sahasrapuri, 96 Sahasra Sekhara mountain, 78, 92, 93, 94, 96 Sahotkaca, 97 Sahūdaka, 169 Sahva, 22, 113, 122, 127, 146, 147, 154, 155 Sailasa, 167 Sailendra Jarudhi, 82 Saindhavas, 131 Sainika Janapada, 145, 165 Saiva, 181 Saivala, 108 Saka, 28, 29, 33, 39, 92 Sakādrīha, 164 Sakadvipa, 5, 8, 10, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40 Sakahrahda, 164 Sākala, 174 Sakāma, 108 Sakāvati, 97 Sakela, 146 Sāketa, 134, 135, 175 Sakhetaka, 163 Sakmund, 108

c23.42

Sakrtraka, 169 Sakuli, 119 Salmal(a)i (Dwipa), 8, 10, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 39, 45, 107 Salt Range, 144, 145 Sālva(s), 131, 138, 163, 167, 173 Samāheya, 163 Samahiva janapada, 146 Samarkand, 83, 93 Sāmaveda, 16, 187 Sambara, 15 Sambhūti, 9 Samhitās, 6, 17, 18 Samudgaka, 169 Samudrāntaka, 97 Saṅkhacūḍa, 129 Samvakra, 108 Samyukta Trśṛṅga, 75, 80, 82 Sañcasūra, 182 Sandur, 113, 125 Sañjava, 23, 33 Saṅkara, 64, 67, 68, 89, 181 Saṅkarācārya, 181 Saṅkarācārya's Āśrama, 96 Saṅkha, 56, 108, 181, 182, 183 Saṅkha Dwīpa, 45, 179, 181, 182, 183 Saṅkhagiri, 181 Saṅkhakūṭa, 74, 75, 79, 80 Saṅkhamukh, 181 Saṅkhanāg, 181 Sannati, 9 Sansapāyana, 1 Sāntā, 70 Santi, 9, 70 Sanumana, 74 Sapā Sanga, 108 Sara, 56 Sāradā, 62, 115 Saradanda, 138 Saraja, 168 Saravana, 56, 58 Sārāvastī, 176, 177 Sāraswatas, 171 Saraswati, 16, 70, 114, 115, 116, 144, 146, 159, 171 Sarayu, 16, 66, 115 Sarvosadha, 66

c23.43

Sarju, 135 Sarikol, 59, 62 Sarsat, 115 Sarvaga, 169 Saryatas, 158 Satabala, 121 Satadrava, 164 Satadru, 114 Satamālā, 123 Sata Patha Brāhmaṇa, 17, 19 Satapatheśvara, 163 Satarudra, 115 Sātavāhana, 153 Sati, 9 Satirā, 116 Satiyaputra, 153 Satmala range, 154, 155 Satnap, 108 Satpuras, 110, 112, 132, 161, 162 Satrughna, 22 Sat Śṛṅga, 74, 75, 78, 80 Ṣatsura, 169 Satudri Sātvanas, 20, 114 Satvats, 158 Satya-Loka, 38 Saulika, 168 Saumanasa, 35 Saumya, 126, 127, 129, 130 Saundikera, 161 Saurāṣtra(s), 20, 21, 131, 146, 168, 172, 173 Sauvīra, 21, 108, 130, 164 Sauvīras, 131, 144 Savara(s), 156, 167, 168 Sāvarṇi, 1, 48 Savindhu, 100 Sayan, 85, 87 Seonath, 113, 125 Śeṣa, 129 Setavya, 134 Setuka, 167 Shaksgan, 50 Shirabad, 90, 96 Shuman, 95, 96 Shyok, 69, 71

c23.44

Siddhānta, Siromaṇi, 40, 126 Siddhas, 75, 76, 77, 85, 106 Siddhāśrama, 21 Siddhi, 9 Sīghra, 120 Sīghrodā, 120 Śigrus, 20 Śikharin, 32 Śikhī, 89, 91, 94 Śikhī-Śaila, 93, 94, 97 Siloda, 67 Simhala, 126, 129 Símsapavana, 134 Simyus, 20 Sind(h), 30, 115, 120, 144, 145, 158, 172 Sindhu, 16, 21, 67, 68, 113, 114, 115, 116, 130, 144, 164, 173 Sind-Sāgar, Doāb, 145 Sīnivālī, 121 Siprā, 117, 120, 158, 175 Sirāla, 147, 166 Sircar, D.C., 174 Sirohi, 146, 172 Śiśira, 35 Sītā, 21, 22, 35, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 100, 101, 102, 105 Sītānta, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106 Siterajā, 119 Sitibāhu, 121 Sitodā, 62, 89, 93 Sito-Dampatikā, 97 Śiva, 2, 6, 11, 67, 140 Sivi, 142 Śivis, 19 Skanda (Purāṇa), 4, 6, 8, 12, 40, 42, 126 Smṛti, 9, 131 Sogdiana, 83, 84 Sokala, 168 Salavana, 134 Soma, 68, 187 Somasita, 54 Somaulā, 97 Sombhadra, 78

c23.45

Son(e), 112, 132, 133, 136, 148, 149 Soṇa, 35, 118 Sonar, 112, 119, 157 Sone, *see* Son Sonkasa, 97 Sopara, 148, 175 Śrāddhā, 9 Śravaṇa, 97 Sravasti, 135, 175 Sri Sar, 103 Srivam, 103 Srivijaya, 180 Śṛṅgavān, 10, 52, 53, 76, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86 Śṛñjayas, 158 Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍ, 2, 13 Stavaka, 97 Suavamjatavata, 134 Subhauma, 108 Sudāmi, 113 Sudāsa, 15, 19, 20 Suddha, 108 Sudarśana, 33, 35 Sudhīra, 100 Śūdra(s), 126, 127, 140, 144, 163, 164 Śūdrakula, 164 Sugrīva, 21, 56 Suhma(s), 151, 152, 173 Suhnottra, 167 Sujaraka, 166 Sukanadi, 97 Sukti hills, 126, 127 Sūktimat (Sukhtimat), 112, 113, 124 Sūktimatī, 119 Śukrācārya's Āśrama, 94 Sukumārī, 113, 125 Śūlakāra, 165 Śūlika, 165 Sumāheya, 166 Sumati, 1 Sumātrā, 34, 109, 127, 180, 182 Sumaula, 97 Sumedhā, 97, 100, 104 Sumudramālā, 97

c23.46

Sumuṅgala, 108 Sumuñja, 101 Sumurdhaja, 108 Sun, 2, 5, 11, 192, 194 Sunag mountain, 79 Sunāga, 75 Sunandana, 108 Sunarmada, 166 Sunassa, 107 Sunetra, 56 Sūnī, 113, 125 Sunilajjā, 119 Supakṣa mountain, 89, 91 Suparaka, 176 Supārśva, 75, 78, 79, 80, 165 Suprayogā, 122 Surā, 35, 117 Surāla, 147, 148, 166 Suras, 93, 131 Śūrasena(s), 61, 137, 163, 174 Surāṣṭra, 166 Surecaka, 97 Surkhan, 90, 95, 96, 97 Surkhan Durya, 92 Sūrya, 117, 148, 187 Śūrparaka (Sūryāraka), 147, 159, 165 Sūryakānta mountain, 76, 86 Sūryavana, 75, 79 Suṣṇa, 15 Susomā, 114 Sūta Romaharṣaṇa, 1, 7, 9, 75 Śūfasenas, 173 Sutlej, 7, 114, 115, 132, 138, 139, 144, 170 Sūtra(s), 17, 18 Suvakṣa, 93, 94 Suvaprā, 97 Suvarṇā, 97 Suvarṇakaṭaka, 97 Suvarṇamukhī, 124 Svāpada, 147, 166 Śveta, 83, 84, 85, 93, 97, 114 Swadhā, 9 Swadhuda, 29 Swāhā, 9 Swāmī Praṇavānanda, 66

c23.47

Swantargiri, 166 Swargaṅgā, 61 Swat, 97, 143, 174 Sweta, 10, 52, 53, 69, 70, 75, 76, 79 Syāmā, 97 Syamantaka gem, 11 Syr Daria, 78, 79, 102

c23.48

TAITTIRĪKA, 166 Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, 45 Tajikistan, 71, 72, 92, 95, 96 Talagāna, 142, 165, 169 Talanāga, 165 Tālkūna, 165 Tallitaka, 166 Tamaasā, 118, 165, 166, 169 Tāmasa, 147 Tāmasas, 173 Tāmasī, 97 Tamba Kosī, 115 Tambara, 169 Tāmralipta, 151 Tāmralipti(s), 172, 175, 177 Tāmraliptika(s), 151, 167, 172 Tāmraparṇi, 129 Tāmraparṇa(ī), 21, 123, 126, 127, 129 Tāmravarṇa Khaṇḍa, 129, 130 Taṇap(k)a, 165 Taṅga, 97 Taṅgana, 165 Tapā Loka, 38 Tāpasa, 147 Tāpī (Tāptī), 112, 113, 117, 120, 121, 132, 146, 147, 148, 152, 154, 157, 161, 175 Tapovana, 8 Tarim, 55, 65, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 Tarūpaṇa, 166 Tashkurgan, 62 Tatsukha, 97 Tharpura, 169 Thokchan, 65 Tien Shan, 50, 52, 73, 79, 83, 87, 99, 101, 104, 106

c23.49

Tīrthas, 2, 23 Tiruvanjikkala, 176 Tistā, 150, 151 Toṇs, 118, 157, 160 Tosala, 158, 168 Tośalas, 173 Tosali, 173 Toyā, 121 Trans-Alai, 50, 52 Tridivā, 119 Trigarta(s), 138, 169 Trikakubha, 17 Trikūṭ, 180 Trilokya Darpaṇa, 13 Tripathagā, 67, 68, 69 Tripura, 158, 161, 168 Tripuras, 123, 172, 175 Trisāma, 112, 114 Trītīya, 17, 115 Tritsus, 19 Tṛśṅga, 75, 80, 82, 93 Tsingling Mountain, 53, 99, 105, 108 Tucharistan, 98 Tukhāra, 164 Tumbara, 169 Tumbura, 158, 160, 169 Tumana, 165 Tumura, 158 Tumuva, 169 Tuṇḍikera(s), 158, 161, 162, 169, 172 Tuṅgabhadrā, 122, 154 Turaga, 169 Turfan, 106, 107 Turkistan, 73, 87, 93 Turks, 31, 89, 92 Turvasas, 19 Tusāra, 164 Tusti, 9 Tustikāra, 169

c23.50

UCCARITA, 85 Uechida, 168 Udaipur, 136, 159 Uḍayagiri, 35 Udbhida, 168

c23.51

Uddalaka, 57 Udieya, 131, 133 Udiya Deśa, 173 Udumbara, 18, 137 Udyogaparva, 24 Ujjain(i), 6, 117, 120, 158, 162, 175 Ulanghi, 53, 55 Ula Tau, 80, 86 Ulida, 168 Uluka, 107 Uma, 65 Umavan, 56 Uma Vanu, 58 Upanisads, 16, 186 Upanivesa, 164 Upanivesya, 164 Upasamhara, 3 Upodbhata, 3 Upodghata, 3 Upper Gangetic Basin, 133, 134. *See also* Gangetic Plain Uragas, 74 Urah-Sankirna, 108 Ural, 85 Urals, 87 Urja, 9 Urusa, 143 Usinara, 20 Utkala(s), 158, 160, 168, 173 Utkala Khanda, 6 Utpala, 24 Utpalavati, 123 Uttama, 17 Uttamarna, 158, 168 Uttara, 108 Uttarapada, 9 Uttara-pancala, 134, 174 Uttara Kuru, 42, 43, 44, 64, 65, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 99 Uttara Kuru(s), 20, 22 Uttara Manasa, 70, 71

c23.52

VACONGA, 97 Vadavamukha, 35 Vadavanala, 35

c23.53

Vadhadhana, 142 Vaha, 97 Vahela, 179 Vahlika, 142, 163, 173 Vahni (Deva), 9, 54 Vaibhrja, 89 Vaidik(s)a, 168 Vaidurya, 89, 91, 93 Vaidyut mountain, 66 Vaigai, 123, 155, 175 Vaijaya, 70, 72 Vaijayanti, 153 Vaikanga mountain, 100, 101, 103, 104 Vairat, 116 Vairata, 137 Vaisa(i)kya, 168 Vaisali, 134, 150, 175 Vaisnava(s), 4, 6 Vaisvah, 126 Vaisyas, 126, 127, 164 Vaitarani, 121 Vaitravati, 121 Vaivasta, 96 Vajivasika, 167 Vajikasika, 167 Vajji Kingdom, 134 Vajraka mountain, 106 Vaka, 166 Vakhsh, 90, 96, 97 Vakhsh-ab, 90, 92 Vaksu, 92 Valabhamukha, 36 Valari, 137 Valhika, 142 Vali, 21 Vallabhi, 176 Valmiki, 21, 22 Vamana (Purana), 5, 7, 8, 13, 28, 42, 113, 125, 126, 127, 129 Vamsa, 175 Vamsadhara, 124, 156 Vamsadharini, 112 Vamsakara, 124 Vanadaraka, 168 Vanapataka, 97 Vanaparva, 23

c23.54

Vanavāsaka, 153, 167 Vaṅga, 97, 151, 152, 156, 171 Vaṅgaka, 97 Vaṅgas, 20, 21 Vaṅgeya, 167 Vañjulā, 119, 122 Vapu, 9 Vara, 168 Varāha (Purāṇa), 12, 13, 40, 42, 75, 80, 183 Varāha Dvīpa, 179, 183 Varāhī, 183 Varāhamihira, 24, 130, 131 Vārāṇasī, 6, 134, 135, 171 Vārāṇavatī, 17 Vardhamāna, 97 Varṇāsā, 116 Varṣas, 4, 7, 13, 38 Varṣaparvata (Nīla), 75, 110 Vārṣāyani, 48 Varuṇa, 127, 129, 130 Varvara(s), 164, 172 Vasiṣṭha, 9, 21, 22, 57 Vasiṣṭha Dharma Sūtra, 17 Vashas, 20 Vāsuki, 129 Vātadhāna, 142, 163 Vatranāḥ, 108 Vatsa, 163 Vatsaka, 108 Vātsiya, 166 Vayava, 130 Vāyu (Purāṇa), 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 18, 25, 48, 49, 65, 69, 74, 84, 96, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 127, 128, 131, 132, 138, 147, 152, 157, 159, 162, 178, 189 Vṛka, 163 Vedarata, 116 Vedāsinī, 116 Vedasmṛti, 116 Vedavatī, 116, 122 Vedipala, 121 Vegavatī, 124 Veṇā, 120, 164 Veṇumān(a), 104, 106 Veṇumatī, 117

c23.55

Venvā, 120, 122 Vetravatī, 116, 117, 159 Vidarbha(s), 20, 154, 155, 157, 159, 168, 172, 173, 175 Vidheha, 20, 167 Vidhīyas, 171 Vidiśā, 61, 117, 158, 159, 173, 175 Vidīśas, 172, 175 Vidyutvan, 178, 179 Viha, 97 Vijayanandi, 24 Vijayasthala, 108 Vijji-Videha, 173 Vikirṇa, 97 Vimalā, 119 Vindhya, 121, 130, 168 Vindhyan(s), 20, 22, 100, 112, 113, 120, 131, 133, 156, 137, 138, 152, 153, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 170, 173 Vindu (Sarovara), 67, 68, 69 Vinna, 120 Vipāśā, 114, 115, 119 Vipula, 55 Viralotra, 169 Virandāvana, 6 Vīraspati, 94 Virāṭa, 175 Viśala, 97, 115, 119 Viśinis, 19 Viṣkambha parvata, 110 Viṣṇugaṅgā, 63, 64 Viṣṇu Pada, 71 Viṣṇu (Purāṇa), 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 21, 28, 39, 42, 48, 49, 71, 87, 95, 112, 113, 123, 137, 138, 159, 183, 186, 191, 193, 194 Viśvamālā, 121 Viśvāmitra, 21, 57, 156 Viśwakarmā, 186, 187 Vitihotra, 158, 162, 169 Vrajaka, 108 Vṛṣabha mountain, 101 Vṛṣṇis, 158 Vṛtra, 15 Vyāsa, 1, 9

c23.56

Wainganga, 63, 64, 120, 154 Wakhan, 55, 71 Wakhan finger, 90 Waziristan, 139, 141 Western Ghats, 148, 153 Wilson, 159, 186

c23.57

Yadus, 19 Yajurveda, 16, 17, 187 Yakṣas, 20, 53, 57, 65, 75, 82, 94, 96, 103, 106 Yakṣendra Deva, 55 Yakṣu, 90, 97 Yama, 32, 180 Yama Dwipa, 179 Yamaka, 167 Yamunā, 7, 114, 115, 117, 119, 132, 135, 136, 149, 151, 152, 157, 158, 159, 160, 171, 174 Yamunā-Meghnā Doāb, 149, 151 Yaqubi, 92, 180 Yārkand, 61, 69, 101, 103, 104 Yava Dwīpa, 164 Yavanas, 126, 127 Yazgulam, 90 Yenesei, 85, 87 Yomaka, 108 Yudhiṣṭhira, 6, 23, 24 Yugandhara, 138

c23.58

Zailai Range, 73, 82 Zarafshan range, 73, 83, 84, 90, 96, 97 Zhob, 142