Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.128

c9.128

Manojavā, river of the Krauñca-dvīpa 49 Manorama, name applied to Mt. Mandara or Meru 57 Manovati, name of Brahman's sabhā 45 Manth-odadhi, same as Kṣīrābdhi, Kṣīroda, Kalas-odadhi, ocean 105n Mantitour, city 135 Manuga, ruler of a part of the Krauñca-dvīpa 48 Manu's Avasarpaṇa, mountain 21 Manusmṛti 16n, 17, 27, 102 ; its theory of creation 12n Mānyakheṭa, see Vallabha, city 160 Mapoura, locality 124 Mā-ppappālam, locality near Kra 67n Marakanda (Samarkand), town 144 Marakodra, town 144 Maraṇapāra, locality 68 Marāṭhā country 80 Mardyenoi (Uttara-Madra), people 145 Mareoura, metropolitan city 142 Margara, town 129 Mārgara, people 95n Margiane, territory 143, 145, 147 Marīci, same as Marucīpattana, town 94n Mārīkala, same as Takṣaśilā, city 96 Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa 52n, 54, 70, 90-91 ; its section called Kūrmavibhāga 71 Marouka, town 145 Maroundai (Muruṇḍa or Puṇḍra), people 140 Martaban, Gulf of 138 Mārtāṇḍa, the sun-god 12n Maru, the desert 32, 91n, 96n, 108-09 ; identified with Marwar or the Rajputana Desert 16 ; same as Daśeraka or Dāseraka 26, 104 Marucīpattana, same as Marīci, modern Masulipatam, locality 94n Maru-deśa, see Maru territory 109 Mārudha, people located in the southern region 64