Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c10: Addenda et Corrigenda
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c10
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Addenda et Corrigenda
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Page 14, line 3. *Read* - number is ,, 23, line 25. ,, - 19. for 9 ,, 23, note 88. *Add* - On the nadi-stuti hymn, see A. Stein, 'Some River-names in the Ṛgveda' in *JRAS*, 1917.
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,, 24, line 23. *Read* - of the nadi-stuti hymn ,, 25, line 1. ,, - Varaṇāvatī ,, 27, line 26. ,, - according to ,, 29, lines 27-28. ,, - three of the five being the Ṛgvedic Sṛñjaya, Krivi and Turvaśa
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,, 32, line 3. ,, - Kauśāmbī ,, 34, note 3. *Add* - The name Hindustān has been traced in the Naqsh-i-Rustum inscription (262 A. D.) of Shāpūr I. See *BSOAS*, Vol. IX, p. 845; *Monthly Bulletin of the As. Soc.*, Vol. I, No. 3, p. 5.
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,, 35, line 8. ,, - Jambukhaṇḍavinirmāṇa ,, 41, line 9. ,, - Ottorokorrha ,, 45, line 25. ,, - the Jambu-dvīpa ,, 46, note 37. *Add* - But sometimes the Mālyavat and Gandhamādana are located respectively to the east and west of Mt. Meru. Cf. below, p. 53 and notes 73 and 76.
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,, 47, note 40 ,, - See also *An. Bhand. Or. Res. Inst*, Vol. XIX, pp. 93ff.
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,, 48, line 23. *Read* - (2) Śāka ,, 49, line 6. ,, - Agnidhra's ,, ,, line 10. ,, - Anutaptā ,, 51, line 29. *Add note* - The Mahābhārata (VI. 7. 19) locates the Jambu tree called Sudarśana between the Nīla and Niṣadha ranges.
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,, 2, note 49. *Add* - For the Jain conception regarding the island-continents, see below, pp. 57-59.
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,, 52, line 8. *Read* - There are, from south to north, 3 varṣas (Ramyaka
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,, ,, note 53. *Add* - The division was called Videha by the Jains. ,, 53, line 12. *Read* - Ilāvṛta-varṣa. ,, ,, note 64. ,, - Cf. VI. 8. 10-11; but VI. 7.2 locates the Uttara-Kuru to the south of the Nīla and on the northern side of the Meru. The northernmost varṣa is called Airāvata by the Jains.
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,, 55, line 2. ,, - subdivision Page 55, line 17. Add note - See Raychaudhuri, op. cit., pp. 83ff. ,, 59, note 97. Read- tatra deśo.........prakāśate ,, 60, note 98. ,, - IHQ ,, 63, line 7. ,, - Avanti ,, ,, line 10. ,, - conch-shell ,, ,, line 30. ,, - different directions ,, 73, line 20. Add - probably the people of the Kalat region of Baluchistan ,, 77, line 14. ,, - Cf. also the name of modern Malda (written Māladaha) in West Bengal ,, ,, line 26. Read - (see above, p. 65 and note 111) ,, ,, penultimate line. ,, - Bahmanābād ,, 79, line 16 ,, - North Kanara ,, ,, last line. Add - Another interesting route between Ayodhyā and the Kekaya capital in the Western Punjab is known from the Rāmāyaṇa, II. 68 and 71. ,, 89, line 13. Read - Sindhu ,, ,, line 17. ,, - Ruddhakaṭaka ,, 90, line 16. ,, - outlook and more intimate knowledge than noticed in some of the earlier writings. ,, 2, line 17. ,, - Kūrma-vibhāga or Kūrma-niveśa ,, 91, note 12, line 3. ,, - Sūrasenāś=ca ,, 92, note 13, line 5. ,, - Mekal-Āmbaṣṭhāḥ ,, ,, ,, line 12. ,, - Mithil-Otkala ,, 93, line 11. ,, - Ābhīra ,, ,, line 13. ,, - the Krauñca-dvīpa ,, ,, note 14, line 3. ,, - Vindhy-āntavasinas ,, 94, note 17, lines 6 and 15. ,, - Śaṅkha ,, ,, ,, line 21 ,, - Kuñjaradari ,, 95, line 5. ,, - Mt. Maṇimegha (Maṇimat and Meghavat) ,, 97, note 19, lines 3-4 and 14. ,, - °āntardvīp° ,, 98, note 20, line 3. ,, - Dāmara ,, 99, line 1. ,, - 26 Aryan peoples ,, 100, line 13. ,, - Domba ,, 101, line 30. ,, - Dāhala ,, 104, line 5. ,, - Dāhala ., 105, note 29, lines 2-3. ,, - Kṣīrābdhi ,, 106, line 3. ,, - Vāhlika (Vāhika) ,, ,, line 15 ,, - Dabhāla ,, 107, line 1. ,, - Viśasana (Vinaśana)
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Page 107, lines 4-5. Read - Dahāla=Dāhāla=Dāhala ,, ,, line 16. ,, - Pitṛtīrtha ,, ,, line 19. ,, - Uttarāpatha ,, ,, line 29. ,, - Pūrva-Mālava=Mālava ,, 109, line 10. ,, - Iraq-in ,, 110, line 6. ,, - Deśāvalivṛti by Jaganmohana-paṇḍita ,, ,, note 36. Add - V. S. Agrawala, JUPHS, Vol XV, 1942, Part II, pp. 24-52
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,, 111, note 1, line 11. Read - in the os ending ,, 112, line 29. ,, - Surāṣṭra ; Kathiawad ,, 118, line 35. ,, - coast-sic ,, 119, line 11. ,, - Ptolemy's ,, 120, note 5, last line. ,, - °aśman, vaidūrya ,, 123, line 27. ,, - Orgaric or Orgalic Gulf ,, 125, lines 10, 12 and 16. ,, - long. ,, 126, line 2 and 8. ,, - a tributary ,, 132, line 22. Add - of the Phyllitai and the river, and the Ambastai (Ambaṣṭha) along the country
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,, 134, line 5. Read - Maisoloi ,, ,, line 7. ,, - Benagouron ,, 135, line 17. ,, - Pounnata (Punnāḍu ,, 138, line 27. ,, - Attabas ,, ,, last line. ,, - Saba ,, 151, line 9. ,, - Cinabhukti ,, 153, line 2. ,, - An-t'o-lo ,, ,, line 4. ,, - Dhānyakaṭaka ,, 154, line 1. ,, - Kitābul ,, ,, note 14. Add - Al-Birūni wrote his Kitābul Hind shortly after the death of Sulṭān Mahmūd in 1030 A. D. He was a great mathematician and astronomer and studied the Sanskrit language and its scientic literature in India.
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,, 156, line 17. Read - Dahāla ,, ,, lines 20-21. ,, - Banavasi for Banavasiin ,, 157, line 16 ,, - about the Ganges ,, ,, line 20. ,, - pattana for apattana ,, 161, line 18. ,, - because ,, 164, line 13. ,, - Davāka LENGTH (BREADTH 7 HEIGHT THROUGH OUT IN RAJJU (4 KHANDUKAS)
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NORTH
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LOKALOKA OR CAKRAVĀLA
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UTTARA-KURU
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KETUMĀLA OR APARA-GODĀNA
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MERU
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BHACRĀSVA OR PŪRVA-VIDEHA
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JAMBU-DVĪPA OR BHĀRATA
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SAMUDRA
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WEST
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CAST
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SOUTH
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PLATE I: CATUR-DVĪPĀ VASUMATĪ
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PUṢKARA-DVĪPA
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ŚAKA-DVĪPA
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KRAUṄCA-DVĪPA
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KUŚA-DVĪPA
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ŚĀLMALI-DVĪPA
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PLAKṢA-DVĪPA
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JAMBU-DVĪPA
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LAVAṆA-SAMUDRA
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KṢĪRA-SAMUDRA
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SURĀ-SAMUDRA
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GHRTA-SAMUDRA
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DADHI-SAMUDRA
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DUGDHA-SAMUDRA
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JALA-SAMUDRA
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PLATE III : UNIVERSE IN JAIN CONCEPTION—A
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LENGTH (ALSO BREADTH) IN KHAṆḌUKA (¼ RAJJU)
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HEIGHT
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PLATE IV : UNIVERSE IN JAIN CONCEPTION—B
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LENGTH (ALSO BREADTH) IN KHAṆḌUKA (¼ RAJJU)
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HEIGHT
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PLATE IV : UNIVERSE IN JAIN CONCEPTION—B
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NORTH
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LOKĀLOKA OR CAKRAVĀLA
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UTTARA-KURU
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ŚRṄGIN OR ŚRṄGAVAT
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HIRANMAYA
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ŚVETA
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RAMYAKA
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NĪLA
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KETUMĀLA
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MĀLYAVAT
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MERU OR ILĀVRTA
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MERU
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GANDHAMĀDANA
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BHADRĀŚVA
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NIṢADHA
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HARI
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HEMAKŪTA
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KIMPURUṢA
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HIMAVAT
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BHĀRATA
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SAMUDRA
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WEST
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EAST
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SOUTH
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PLATE V : JAMBU-DVĪPA IN PURANIC CONCEPTION
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PLATE VI : NAKṢATRA-CAKRA
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NORTH-WEST UTTAR-ĀṢĀḌHĀ ŚRAVAṆA DHANIṢṬHĀ
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NORTH ŚATABHIṢA UTTARA-BHĀDRAPADA PŪRVA-BHĀDRAPADA
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NORTH-EAST REVATĪ AŚVINĪ BHARAṆĪ
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WEST JYEṢṬHĀ MŪLA PŪRV-ĀṢĀḌHĀ
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KRTTIKĀ ROHIṆĪ MRGAŚIRĀ
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ĀRDRĀ PUNARVASU PUṢYĀ EAST
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SOUTH-WEST SVĀTĪ VIŚĀKHĀ ANURĀDHĀ
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UTTARA-PHALGUNĪ HASTĀ CITRĀ
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SOUTH AŚLEṢĀ MAGHĀ PŪRVA-PHALGUNĪ
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SOUTH-EAST
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PLATE VII : KŪRMA-CAKRA
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