Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.16

c9.16

Bhāgavata Purāṇa 37n Bhagavatī-sūtra 36n, 98 Bhagīratha, mythical king 42 Bhāgīrathī, same as Gaṅgā, river 77, 89; flowing in the east 88; flowing towards the south 62 Bhāguri, sage 37 Bhagwanpur, locality in the Tarāi 42 Bhailasan, same as Bhailsan (Bhāyillasvāmin), see Bhailsan 157 Bhailsan (Bhāyillasvāmin), modern Bhilsā, also the Sun-god of the place 156 Bhaimarathi (Bhīmā), river 103 Bhalānas, people 25, 27 Bhalla, people 98n Bhallāṭa, around Mt. Suktimat, in the eastern region 64 Bhāllavin, family 16 Bhandarkar, R.G. 35n, 50n Bhāradvāja, people 75 Bharaṇi, constellation 97 Bharata, people 18n, 19, 27, 89; dwelling in the north 63; mentioned in the Ṛgveda 37 Bharata, second name of Manu 37 Bharata, written for Bhārata (Bhārata-varṣa) in the Jain works 34, 56 Bhārata, varṣa (division) of the Jambu-dvīpa 26, 40-41, 52, 162 Bhārata-varṣa, division of the Jambu-dvīpa 33-34, 55, 57, 162; domain of Bharata and his descendants 38; its area 69; its shape and divisions 54, 102; part or whole of the Jambu-dvīpa 37; shaped like a tortoise facing the east 54, 90 Bhāratī-prajā, Bhāratī-santati 37 Bharatpur District 156 Bharga, people of the eastern region 64 Bhārgava, people 77 Bharoch, Broach, ancient Bharukaccha, Bhṛgukaccha, port, 81, 153