Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.260

c9.260

Ramyaka, division of the Jambu-dvīpa 56; see Ramaṇaka 40n Ramyaka-varṣa, division of the Jambu-dvīpa, same as Ramaṇaka 40n, 52; sometimes placed north-west of the Meru 52-53 Randamarta, locality 141 Randhrakaraka, people 74 ; located in the western regiou 67n ; see Ruddha-kaṭaka 89 Rāṅgāmāṭi, ancient Raktamṛttikā, locality 162 Rann of Kutch 112 Rantinadī, same as Carmaṇvatī, river 104 Rāpī, river 25, 84 Rasā (Syr Darya), river 23 Rasālaya, people or country 96 Raṭarāja, mistake for Raṭṭa-rājya 100 Rathakāra, people 95n Ratnadhāra, mountain to the south of the Mānasa lake 46 Ratnāgiri coast 116 Ratnaprabha, mythical hill 47 Ratnasānu, same as the Meru mountain 104 Ratnāvalī, isiand-continent and ocean 58 Ratnāvalīvara, island-continent and ocean 58 Ratnāvalīrāvabhāsa, island-continent and ocean 58 Ratnoccaya, same as Mt. Meru 57 Rātri, river in the Krauñca-dvīpa 49 Raṭṭa-rājya, see Raṭa-rāja, territory 100 Raudrī (Ārdrā), constellation 92 Rāvaṇagaṅgā, river 103 Rāvī (ancient Irāvatī), river 75 ; see Irāwa 158 ; see Adris or Rouadis 125 Rawalpindi District 26, 73, 76 Raychaudhuri, H. C. 13n, 21n, 34n, 35n, 36n, 37n, 38n, 48n, 50n, 53n, 73 ; on the Jambu-nadi 52n Ṛbhu, divine artisans 11 Ṛddhi, people 94n realgar, manaḥśilā, product 120n Red Sea 60 Region of the sunrise 16 Renou, L. 121n Revā, river 24; same as Indujā, Pūrvagaṅgā, Narmadā, Mekalādrijā 104 Revā’s Father (Vindhya), mountain 164 Revatī, constellation 97n Ṛgveda 14, 19, 21; knowledge of the sea in 13 and n; its knowledge of the eastern and western seas 15; clans in 25; its date and conception of the earth 9, 11; mechanical production of the universe 10; the four quarters 10n; story of Bhujyu 61; Puruṣasūkta 11n; Vālakhilya hymn 28 Ṛgvedic Aryan, people 22; their knowledge of the planets 13 Rha (Volga), river 147 Rhabannai, v.l. Rhabbanaioi, people 150 Rhabbanaioi, v.l. Rhabannai people 150 Rhadamarkotta, iocality 141 Rhamnai, v.l. Siramnai, people 132 Rhappa, town 140 Rhepsa, metropolitan city 146 Rhibioi, people 148 Rhingiberi, locality 142 Rhoboskoi, people 148 Rhodes, locality 121n Rhosakia, city 150 Rhymmos, river 147 Rihanjur (Nausārī), city 157 Ṛiṣyamuka, mountain and people 93, 94n Ṛjitī, rlver 24 Ṛkṣa, the region of the Ṛkṣavat mountain 36n, 98 Ṛkṣavat, Kulaparvata 55, 70, 85, 163; see Ouxenton 125 Robbers’ country 141 Rohiṇī, constellation 91