Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.339

c9.339

Svarṇa-dvīpa, same as Suvarṇa-dvīpa 105n Svarṇakūlā, river issuing from the Puṇḍarīka lake 56n Svātī, constellation 94, 95n Svayambhūramaṇa, island-continent and ocean 57n, 58 Svayamprabha, name of Mt. Meru or Mandara 57 Śveta, name of a varṣa of the Jambu-dvīpa 53 Śveta, ruler of a part of the Śālmalī-dvīpa 48 Śveta, varṣa-parvata separating the Ramyaka and Hiraṇmaya varṣas 53 Śveta-giri, mountain 108 Śvetakarṇika, town located in the southern region 17 Śvetāmbara, Jain sect 46 Śvetavyā, capital of Kekay-ārdha 100 Śvētī, Śvetyā, river 23 Śvetodara, mountain to the south of the Mānasa lake 46 Śvikna, people 30 Swat, see Souastos, Souastene, river and territory 125 Swat valley 108, 128, 151 Śyāma, mountain in the Śāka-dvīpa 50 Śyāma, island-continent and ocean 58 Śyāmaka, same as Śyāmāka, people 97 Śyāmāka (Syamaka), people 97n Śyāmāṅgī, same as the Bāhudā, river 106 Sydrəs (Śūdra), town 131 Syeba, mountain, 147 Syeboi, people 148 Sylhet, territory 109, 164 ; see Śrīhaṭṭa, etc. 107 Syr Darya, see Iaxartes (Jaxartes), river 145 Syrastra (Surāṣṭra), village 122 Syrastrene (Surāṣṭra), country 112-13, 121, 130