Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.450

c9.450

Vidiśā, modern Bes or Besali, river 85 Vidiśānagarī, modern Besnagar, city 85 vidruma, coral, product 120n Vidruma, mountain in the Kuśa-dvīpa 49 Vidyādhara, people 89-90; located in the eastern region 67n Vidyut, river in the Kuśa-dvīpa 49 Vidyutvat, mountain 105n Vijaya, eastern gate of the Jambu-dvīpa 47 Vikaṅka, mountain to the east of the Aruṇoda lake 45 Vikarṇa, people settled in Kashmir 28 Vikarṇika, same as Sārasvata, people 104 Vikramasāgara, author 110 Vilivāyakura, see Baleokouros, king 134 Vimal-ādri, same as Śatruñjaya, mountain 104 Vimāṇḍavya, wrong text 91 Vimocanī, river in the Śālmalī-dvīpa 49 Vinaśana, locality in the Ambala District 16n, 17, 103; same as Kuru-keetra, etc. 105; called Brahmavedi 107 Vinataka, mountain around Mt. Meru 39 Vinayacandra, author 101, 107 Vindhya, mountain range 17, 55, 69, 86, 94n, 102-03, 106, 109, 163; Kulaparvata 70; located in the southern region 62; its people 106; same as Jalabālaka 104; see Ouindion 125; Western 82, 109, 151 Vindhya-dakṣiṇapāda, mountain 103 Vindhya-kṣetra, locality 93n Vindhyamauleya, people 80 Vindhy-āntaḥstha, people 93n Vindhya-āntavāsin, people 93n Vindhya-pṛṣṭha, territory 69, 81 Vindhyapura, locality 93n Vipāś (modern Beas), river 24; same as the Vipāśā 84, 104 Vipāśā (Beas), river 49, 84, 86, 103-04, 125 Vipraśastaka, people 95 Vipula, viṣkambha-parvata associated with the Ketumāla-varṣa 45