Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.449

c9.449

Veṇukā, river in the Śāka-dvīpa 50 Veṇumat, ruler of a part of the Kuśa-dvīpa 48 Veṇumat, mountain to the east of the Aruṇoda lake 45 Veṇumatī, river and its valley 95, 96n Veṇvā, identified with the Waingaṅgā, river 86 Veṇvā, river of the southern region 103 Veṇvā, same as Varṇā, river 87 Veṇvā-taṭa (valley of the Veṇvā), located in the southern region 64 Veṇvā valley 93 Verā-patha, locality 68 Vesuṅga, locality 68, 138 Vetakaka, wrong text 96n Vetrādhāra (Vetra-patha), locality 68 Vetapatha, locality in the eastern region 56, 67n, 90 Vetravatī, modern Betwa, river 85, 164n Vibhīṣaṇa, king of Laṅkā 65 Vidarbha, modern Berar, country and people 31, 80, 92, 93n, 101, 103, 108-09; located in the southern region 62 Vidarbhā, same as Kuṇḍina, capital of Vidarbha 104 Videgha, same as Videha, people settled in North Bihar and the adjoining parts of the Nepalese Tarāi 30 Videha, people and country 16, 25, 41, 56, 78, 99, 103, 109; located in the eastern region 62, 64; its importance to the Buddhists 42; see Tirabhukti 105, 107 Videha, same as Pūrva-Videha, island-continent 39 Videhā, same as Mithilā, capital of Videha 104-05 Videha-varṣa, division of the Jambu-dvīpa around Mt. Meru, called Ilāvṛta or Meru in the Purāṇas 57 Vidiśā, city and territory 78, 81-82