Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.27

c9.27

Dhaniṣṭhā, constellation 96 Dhanuṣmat, mountain 96, 97n Dhānyakaṭaka, city 153 Dhār (Dhārā), capital of Mālava 156-57 Dhārā, see Dhār, city 108, 156 Dharaṇikoṭa, locality 153 Dharmabaddha, people 96 Dharma-dvīpa, territory 93 Dharmakṣetra, see Brahmavedi, territory 106 Dharmapaṭṭana, city 93, 94n Dharmapaṭṭana, same as Śrāvastī 105 Dharmapaṭṭana-dvīpa, territory 94n Dharmāraṇya, forest 91 and n Dharwar-Bellary region 82 Dharwar District, 160 Dhātaki, mythical king of a part of the Puṣkara-dvīpa 48 Dhātaki-khaṇḍa, division of the Puṣkara-dvīpa 58; island-continent around Lavaṇoda 57 Dhauli, locality 79, 82 Dhavalā, same as the Bāhudā, river 84 Dhenukā, river 50 Dhīvara, people of the eastern region 67n, 90 Dhṛtarāṣṭra, guardian of the east 43-44 Dhṛti, mythical king of a part of the Kuśa-dvīpa 48 Dhruva, mythical king of a part of the Plakṣa-dvīpa 48 Dhumelā (Dhavalā), river 84 Dhūrtaka, people 94 Dhūtapāpā, tributary of the Gaṅgā, river 84 Dhūtapāpā, river in the Kuśa-dvīpa 49 Diamouna (Yamunā), river 126, 128 Digambara, Jain sect 46 Diggaja, elephants protecting the quarters 43n Digvarga section of the Amarakośa 43n Digvijayaprakāśa, work 110 Dihanḍa, mistake for Udabhānḍa, see Gan-dhāra 105 Dikpāla, guardians of the quarters 43n Dinajpur District 165 Dionysopolis, see Nagara, city 128 Dīrghagrīva, people 95, 96n Dīrgha-keśa, people 96n Dīrgha-keśa-grīv-āny-āṅga-śaraga-viṣa-veṣa, various peoples 96n Dirgh-āsya, people 96n Diśādi, name of Mt. Mandara or Meru 57 Divādina, people 98n Dīva island 160 Dīva-kanbār islands 160 Dīva-kūndha islands 160 Divodāsa, king 26 Divyakaṭa, locality in the western region 65 Divyāvadāna, work 17n Diyāmau, locality 158 Doana, see Daona, Dasana, locality 142 Doanai, people 141 Doanas (Mekong), river 139 Dobassa, v.l. Damassa, mountain 139 Ḍomba, territory 100 Ḍombilaka, country 100 Dorios, river 139 Dosara (Tosalī), city 134 Dosarene, same as Tosalī, city 118 Dosarenic, ivory from Dosarene 119 Dosaron, river 124, 127 Dounga, locality 122 Draḍa, mistake for Draviḍa 100 drākṣā, product 103 Drastoka, city 128 Drāvaṇa, people 94 Draviḍa, people of the south 64, 92n, 95 and n, 98, 100; see Darvad 160; see Damirika 114, 116, 123; see Limyrike 123 Draviḍa-viṣaya, territory 107