The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s11.84

c5.s11.84

Malaya-Giri—The southern parts of the Western Ghâṭs, south of the river Kâverî (Bhavabhûti’s *Mahâvîra-charita*, Act V, v. 3), called the Travancore Hills, including the Cardammum Mountains, extending from Koimbatur gap to Cape Comorin. One of the summits bearing the name of Pothigei, the Bettigo of Ptolemy, was the abode of Ṛishi Agastya (McCrindle’s *Ptolemy*, VII, ch. 1, sec. 66 in *Ind. Ant.*, XIII, p. 361; *Chaitanya-charitâmṛita*, Madhya, ch. 9); it is also called Agasti-kûṭa mountain or Potiyam, being the southernmost peak of the Anamalai mountains where the river Tâmraparṇî has its source.