Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c7.s1.93

c7.s1.93

⁵ Mk—ऋषिकुल्या कुमारी च; Vy acde—ऋषीका सुकुमारी च, b—ऋषीका सकुमारी च; Bmd—ऋषिका सुकुमारी च; Mts—काशिका सुकुमारी च. Cf. कुमारीमृषिकुल्याञ्च in Mbh, VI, 9, 36, and note that in this case at least Mk seems to preserve the original reading (cf. p. 57, note 3 below). Raychaudhuri’s identification of Kumārī with the river of the same name in the Mānbhūm District in South Bihar seems to be quite probable in view of the plausibility of his identification of the *kula-parvata* called Śuktimat with the hills of Eastern India extending from Chhattisgarh to the Sañtal Parganas (see p. 55, note 2 below). The Ṛṣikulyā may be no other than the Koel in Chhota Nagpur. Another Ṛṣikulyā is no doubt the Kiul, a tributary of the Ganges.