Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.124
Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.124
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c9.124
Mahiṣaka, Māhiṣaka, people 79, 103 Mahiṣa-viṣaya, territory 79 Mahiṣika, people located in the southern region 62 Māhiṣmaka, v.l. Mahiṣaka, people 103 Māhiṣmatī, city on the Narmadā 17, 69, 72, 79, 82, 103; located in the southern region 64; same as Vṛkasthalī 106; see Sārasvata 107 Mahita, see Rajat-ādri, mountain 106 Mahodaya, see Kānyakubja 104, 107 Mahodaya, sabhā of the moon-god 45 Mahottha, people located in the western region 65 Mahratta-desh ((Mahārāṣṭra-deśa), country 157 Māhūra, same as Mathurā, city 154, 156 Mahwī, river 158 Maiandros (Mandara or Mahendra), mountain range 39-41 Maikal range 81 Maina, antara-dvīpa 105n Maināka, Maināga, mountain 21, 63; same as the Hiraṇyanābha 106 Mais, same as the Mahī, river 113 Maisolia, the Masulipatam region 124 Maisoloi, people 134, 136 Maisolos (Kṛṣṇā), river 124, 127 Maitra, constellation 94 Maitrāyaṇi Upaniṣad 13 Maiwār (Mevāḍa), 156 Mājaṇaka, v. l. Gājaṇaka, country 100 Majumdar, R.C. 60n Majumdar-Sastri, S. N. 54n Makhaitegoi, people 148 Makkā, Mecca, city 109 Makkeśa, deity 109 Makrān, territory 109, 159 Mala, Amala, country 101