Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.448

c9.448

Vasudhana, v.l. Vasuvana, territory 98n Vasumat, mountain 96, 97n Vasumoda, ruler of a part of the Śāka-dvīpa 48 Vasuvana, v.l. Vasudhana, territory 98n Vāta (Vātāpi), locality in the southern region 64 Vāṭadhāna, people 73, 96 Vāṭadhāna-dvija, people located in the western region 65 Vātrak, same as Vārtaghnī, Vṛtraghni, river 85 Vatsa, people and country 35n, 36n, 72, 91 and n, 92n, 93n, 94n, 98-99; their king Udayana 161 Vatsa-bhūmi (Allāhābad region), located in the eastern region 64 Vatsapattana, same as Kauśāmbī, city 104 Vavandhi, people or territory 97n Vāyavya, people 95n Vāyu Purāṇa 36, 37n, 49n, 54n, 70 Vedamantra, wrong text 91 Vedasmṛti, river 85 Vedavatī, river 85 Vedhinika, people 94n Vedic text 18 Vedipara (mistake for Vaidiśaka), same as Daśārṇa, country and people 106 Velākūla, same as Tāmalipta, Tāmalipti, Tamālikā, etc., city 105 Vellara, v.l. Vallāra, modern Bellary, territory 103 Vellūra, territory 94n Vemaka, people 96 Veṇa, people 94n Veṇataṭa, valley of the Veṇā 94n Veṅgipura, city 153; see Benagouron 134 Vengurla Rocks, see Sesecrienae 116 Veṅkaṭa, same as Vṛṣabha, hill 106 Veṅkaṭeśa, deity and the region around his temple 108 Veṇuka, people 96