Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.396

c9.396

Vaidyuta, mountain beyond the Sūryavat, in the southern region 63 Vaidyuta, ruler of a part of the Śālmali-dvīpa 48 Vaidyutvat, mountain on the Vaidyutvata island 105n Vaidyutvata, antara-dvīpa 105n Vaijayanta, northern gate of the Jambu-dvīpa 47 Vaijayanta, palace 44 Vaijayantī, koṣa 18, 67, 104-05 Vaikarṇa, identified with the Kuru-Pañcāla people 28 Vaikhānasa sages 32 Vaimaka, people 98n Vairata, people 95 Vairāṭapura (Virāṭapura), capital of Matsya 99 Vaiśālī, the city 152 ; capital of Vṛji country, modern Besarh in the Muzaffarpur District, Bihar 35n Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), deity 42 ; guardian of the northern quarter 43 Vaiśya, people 95n, 96n ; of the Middle Country 54 Vaitāḍhya, mountain 57 Vaitaraṇī (Visaraṇī), river 17n Vaitaraṇī, same as the Baitaraṇī, river 87 Vaivasvata Manu, lord of the earth 37, 48 Vājikeśa, people 95 Vājimukha, people 92n Vajra, mountain located in the western region 63 Vajravanta, country 107 Vajravara, island-continent and ocean 58 Vajrāyudha, king 71 Vaka, mistake for Vṛka, people 96 Vākāṇa, mistake for Vokkāṇa, territory 108 Vakrānta, modern Makran, territory 109 Vakuṣa, people or country 98, 100 Valā (Walā), ancient Vaiabhī, city 153 Vālabha, Valabhi, modern Valā or Walā, city 108, 153