Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.123

c9.123

Mahāpadma, lake 56n Mahāpuṇḍarīka, lake on the Rukmin mountain 56n Mahāpurī, probably the same as Delhi 109 Maharashtra, state 81 ; Northern 116n Mahārāṣṭra, people and country 79-80, 93, 95n, 100, 103, 108, 153; same as Daṇḍaka 106 Mahārāṣṭra-deśa, see Mahratta-desh 157 Mahārāṣṭra-viṣaya, territory 107 Mahārṇava, the ocean 95 and n Mahāsaila, mountain in the Krauñca-dvīpa 49 Mahāśmaśāna, see Purīśreṣṭhā, Vārāṇasi, etc. 107 Mahāsthān, locality 78, 152, 164; Brāhmi inscription from 161 Mahātala, one of the seven Pātālas 50 Mahāṭavī, forest region 94n Mahāṭavika, people of the Mahāṭavī 94n Mahāvagga, work 17n Mahāvīra, Jain Tīrthaṅkara 35 Mahāvīta, ruler of a part of the Puṣkara-dvīpa 48 Mahāvṛṣa, people 27, 30 Mahendra, Kulaparvata 55, 70, 88, 93, 94n, 103, 163; located in the south 62; see Maiandros 139 Mahendragiri, same as the Mahendra mountain 163 Mahendrapāla, king 102 Mahesvar, locality on the Narmadā 72, 82 Maheśvarapura, territory 153 Māheya, people of the Mahī valley 81 Mahī, river 49, 85, 103, 153; see Mophis 122; see Mais 113; see Mo-ha 153; its valley 81 Mahīpāla I, Gurjara-Pratīhāra king 74, 102 Mahiṣa, mountain in the Śālmali-dvīpa 49