[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967) › c9.197 # Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.197 Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.197 - **Language:** English ### [c9.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.197) Pātāla, tīrtha mentioned in the Purāṇas, see Patalene 130 Pātāla, nether world, seven in number 50 Patalene (Pātāla), city 130; situated in the Indus delta 77n Pāṭaliputra, city 78, 152, 155, same as Puṣpapura 105; see Palimbothra 133; see Nagara 107; same as Kusumapura 104 Pataṅga, mountain to the south of the Mānasa lake 45 Patañjali, grammarian 38 Patistama, city 132 Pāṭnā, city and district 78, 84-85, 152 Patna-Gaya region 73 Paṭola, people or country 98n Patrasa, v. l. Pagrasa, locality 138 Paṭṭikāśa, people or territory 94n Paṭu, people 82 Pauṇḍra, people and country 78, 92 and n Paudanya, capital of Aśmaka, modern Bodhan, city 36n, 80 Paurava, people 18n, 26, 97n, 98; located in the southern region 64; their kingdom, located in the northern region 64; see Porouaroi 133 Paurika, people 80 Pauṣṇa, constellation 98n Pāvā, capital of the Malla Republic, modern Padaraona in the Deoria District, U.P. 35n Pāvanī, river flowing towards the east 56, 88; tentatively identified with the Salween 90 Pavitrā, river 49 Payoṣṇi, identified with the Pain or Painganga, river 86, 103 Pegu province 142 Pehoa, ancient Pṛthūdaka, locality 103 Pentagramma, town 130 Pentapolis, locality 137 - [Previous: c9.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.196) - [Next: c9.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.198) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c9.197) · Pramāṇa