Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.264

c9.264

Sairiṣṭha, mistake for Sairindhra 97 Saiśunāga dynasty 19 ; its empire 33 Saitā, river 106 Saitanioi, Saitianoi, people 148 Saitavāhinī, river 106 ; see Arjuni 104 Śaka, people 89, 91, 95 and n, 96n ; located in the western region 65, 67n ; located in the eastern region 64 ; see Sakai 121 Śāka-dvīpa, island-continent 47-48, 50 Śākadvīpī Brāhmaṇa 50 Sakai, people 145-48 ; see Śaka 121 Śākala, modern Sialkot in West Pakistan 33n, 34n, 65, 74, 97n ; see Sagala 128, 130 Śākala-dvīpa, territory located in the northern region 64 Śākambhara, same as Śākambhari, country 101 Śākambhari, country 101-02 Śaka-pattana, territories located in the northern region 63 Sakastān (Śakasthāna), land of the Śakas 50, 154 Śakasthāna, country, see Sakastān 50, 154 ; see Skythia, Indo-Skythia 111, 130 Śāka tree in the Śāka-dvīpa 50 Śaka-Yavana, people 67n Sāketa, city 36n, 72, 91n, 141 ; same as Ayodhyā, Uttara-kośalā, Kośalā, Nandini 104-07 ; spelt Śāketa 107 ; capital of Kosala 99 ; see Sageda 133 Śakhi (Śāhi), same as Turuṣka, people 104 Śakra, king of the gods 43-44 Śakta-Śaiva holy places 110 Śaktisaṅgama-tantra, work 74, 108 Śakulī, same as the modern Sakri, river 86 Salagissa, city 129 Salakenoi (Śālaṅkāyana), people 134 Śālaṅkāyana, see Salakenoi, people 134 Salaterai, people 144 Salatha, locality 141