Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.199

c9.199

Piṅgala, mountain to the west of the Śitoda lake 46 Piṅgala, people 96 Ping-k’i-pu-lo (Veṅgipura), city 153 Pinjaur (in Patiala), locality 157 Pippalaśroṇi, same as Paisuni or Parsaroni, river 86 pippali, long pepper, see *kāla-marica*, pepper, product 120n Pīr Panjāl (Pañcāla), mountain 74, 109 Pīr Panjāl (Pañcāla), river 109 Piram Island 113 Piśācaka, mountain to the south of Lake Mānasa 46 Piśācikā, river 86 P’i-shan-p’o-pu-lo, territory 153 Piska, town 130 P’i-sho-ka, territory 152 Piśika, people 93, 94n Pīta, class of people of the Śālmali-dvīpa 49 Pītaśilā, territory 153 *pīta-sphaṭika* (pokhrāj), topaz, product 120n Pithonobaste, mart 138 Pi-to-shi-lo (Pītaśilā), territory 153 Pitoura, metropolitan city 137 Piṭṛloka, capital of Yama at the southern end of the earth 63 Piṭṛ-tīrtha, see Gayā, locality 107 Pityndra, metropolitan city 137 Pīvara, ruler of a part of the Krauñca-dvīpa 48 Plakṣa, Plakṣa-dvīpa, island continent 44n, 47-49 Plakṣa-prasravaṇa, locality 32 Plakṣa tree in the Plakṣa-dvīpa 49 Po-ch’a-li-tsu-ching (Pāṭaliputra), city 152 Poclais (Proklais), city and territory 115, 128; same as Puṣkalāvatī 114 Podoperoura, locality 123