Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.18

c9.18

Bhoṭeśvara, see Bhoteshar, country 156 Bhramara, people in the west 67n, 89 Bhramarāmbikā, goddess and the region around her temple 108 Bhṛgu, sage 37 Bhṛgukaccha, modern Broach, Bharoch, locality and people 68, 93, 103, 153 ; see Barygaza 112, 122, 131 ; see Bihroj 157 Bhṛgukacchva, mistake for Bhṛgukaccha 153 Bhṛṅga, people or country 99 Bhubaneswar, locality 79, 82 Bhujagavara, island-continent and ocean 58 Bhujyu, his story in the Ṛgveda 13 Bhuliṅga, a clan of the Sālva people 73, 106, 133 Bhūmihara, locality 157 Bhūmi-parvan of the Mahābhārata 35 Bhūta, island-continent and ocean 58 Bhutan, country 109 ; see Bhoteshar 156 Bhūtapura, locality and people 96, 97n Bhūtavara, island-continent and ocean 58 Bhūtiyuvaka, people 96 Bhuvanavinyāsa of the Purāṇas 35 Bhuvaneśa, god and the area around his temple 108-09 Bibasis, same as Vipāśā, river 125, 128 Bidaspes (Vitastā, Jhelum), river 125-26, 128 Bideris, locality 135 Bihar, territory 35 ; Eastern 77 ; Northern 41, 78 Bihat (Bettia), locality 155 Bihroj (Bhṛgukaccha, Broach), city 157, 160 Bilvala, Mleccha people 100 Bimbisāra, king 78 Bimbisarian dynasty 19 Binagara, town 131 Bindu (Bindu-saras), lake in the Himalaya 56 Bindu-saras, lake in the Himālaya 102 Bindu-sarovara (Bindu-saras), lake in the Himalayas 88 Biolingai, people 133