Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c7.s6.23

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c7.s6.23

Among the names of rivers and cities, we have—1. Yamunā=Kālindī, etc.; 2. Narmadā—Somabhavā, Mekhalakanyakā(Mekhalakanyakā), etc; 3. Bāhudā = Arjuni = Saitā = Śyāmāṅgī = Saitavāhinī; 4. Tāpi=Tāpīni = Śaibyā; 5. Candrabhāsā (Candrabhāgā)=Candrikā; 6. Śatadru=Śutudrī; 7. Sāketa =Ayodhyā=Kośalā=Nandinī; 8. Madhurā=Madhūṣikā=Mathurā = Madhu-paghnā; 9. Vārāṇasi=Śivapuri = Vārāṇasi = Kāśikā; 10. Khāṇḍava-prastha =Jayantipura=Āhuka; 11. Avanti=Takṣaśilā; 12. Kākuṇḍī=Vārāṇavata; 13. Māhiṣmati=Vṛkasthalī;³⁰ etc. Among mountains, there are : 1. Suvela= Citrakūṭa, etc., 2. Lokāloka=Lokānt-ādri=Parācala, etc., 3. Malaya=Trikala, etc., 4. Rajat-ādri=Kailāsa=Harādri=Mahita, 5. Hiraṇyanābha=Maināka, 6. Veṅkaṭa =Vṛṣabha, 7. Simha(Simhācala)=Kesara=Keśavapriya, 8. Uday-ādri, 9. Asta=Astamaya.