Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.122

c9.122

Magaris, city 134 Magas, king of Cyrene 59 Magha, king 44 Maghā, coustellation 92 Maghian, see Mi-mo-ho, territory 151n Magi priests 50 Magour, city 136 Mahābhadra, lake 45-46 Mahābhārata, epic 13n, 16n, 19, 27, 33, 37n, 38n, 40, 53n, 73, 77 ; its section called Sabhāparvan 37 ; on the people of Bhārata as descendants of Bharata 37 Mahābhāṣya, Patañjali's commentary on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī 38 Mahācīna, China, country 109, 159 Mahada plates 86 Mahādvīpa, island-continent, four or seven in number 39 Mahādruma, ruler of a part of the Śāka-dvīpa 48 Mahāgaurī, river 87 Mahāgrāma, locality in the eastern region 62 Mahāgrīva, people 93 and n Mahā-Himavat, mountain range 56 Mahā-janapada, great state, sixteen in number 35 Mahākāla, deity 156 Mahākāra, clan 106 Mahākośala, same as Uttara-Kośala, country 109 Mahāmalaya, part of the Malaya-dvīpa 105n Mahāmāyūrī, work 110 Mahāmeru, same as Mt. Meru or Sumeru 21, 39 Mahā-Mleccha, people 109 Mahāmūla, mountain 46 Mahānadī, river located in the eastern region 62, 85, 107 ; see Manaḍa 124, 127 ; located in the south 62 Mahānila, mountain to the east of the Aruṇoda lake 45-46