The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s8.11

c5.s8.11

Japyesvara—Japyesvara of the Linga P (pt I ch 43) and Japyesvara of the Siva P, (pt IV, ch 47) are the Jalpisa (q v) of the Kalika P, (ch 77) Nandi, the principal attendant of Siva performed asceticism at this place In the Kalika P (ch. 77), it has been placed to the north west of Kamarupa in Assam with the five rivers called Paficha-nada (q v) in the Linga P (pt I, ch 43) But the Kurma P (Uttara, ch. 42) places it near the Ocean (sagara) See, however, Sadaranya and Nandigiri. The Varaha P, ch 214 appears to place Japyesvara near Slesmitaka or Gokarna