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Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.338

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.338

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c9.338

Śutudrī, river 83, 106 ; same as Śatadru 22, 104 Su-t'u-li-ssu-fa-lo, territory 153 Su-tu-li-sse-ne (Suṭṛṣṇa), territory 151n Suvakṣas, mountain to the west of the Śitoda lake 46 Suvarṇa-bhūḥ, same as Suvarṇa-bhūmi territory 98n Suvarṇa-bhūmi, land beyond the Bay of Bengal 55, 67-68, 98n; mentioned by Parāśara and Varāhamihira 91 ; see Khryse, Chryse 119, 124 ; see Golden Khersonese 138 ; near the Besyngeitai 140 Suvarṇa-dvīpa, sometimes used to mean Suvarṇa-bhūmi, territory 55, 67n, 117, 160 Suvarṇagotra, country 152 Suvarṇagaura, see Souanagoura, locality 141 Suvarṇa-kuḍyaka-dvīpa, same as the Island of Gold of the Chinese and Tibetan writers 66 Suvarṇakūṭa, probably the same as Suvarṇa-kuḍyaka-dvīpa, territory 68 Snvāstu, river and territory 24, 76n, 97n, 128 ; see Souastos 125 Suvela, same as Trimukuṭa, Trikūṭa, Trikud, hill 104 ; same as Citrakūṭa 106 Śvabhravatī, river 103 Svairatha, ruler of a part of the Kuśa-dvīpa 48 Śvamukha, mistake for Aśvamukha, people 97n Svar, same as Mt. Meru 104 Svarasāgararāśi, v.l. Kharasāgararāśi, wrong text 97 Svargin, name of Mt. Meru 104 Svargabhauma, mistake for Svarṇabhauma 97 Svarṇabhauma, people of Suvarṇabhūmi 97 Svarṇabhūmika, people of Suvarṇa-bhūmi (vague name of Indochina and Indonesia) located in the east 67n, 90