Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.43

c8.s3.43

The Malayāla country, which is separated from the tracts called Kerala (vv. 6-8), is described as lying between Mūkāmbikā and the Malay-ādri. The Malay-ādri or Malaya range has been identified with the Travancore hills. The goddess is no doubt one of the same name worshipped at Kollūr or Barkalūr in the northern part of the South Kanara District, formerly in Madras but now in Mysore. This goddess is mentioned in inscriptions like C.P. Nos. 3-6A of *A.R.Ep.*, 1927-28, and in stone inscription No.403 of the same year. See also the *Śivatattva-ratnākara*, Kallola V, Ch. I, vv. 27ff.