Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.451

c9.451

Virāja, mountain to the north of the Mahā-bhadra lake 46 Virapatnī, river 24 Virapuruṣadatta, king 111n Virāsana, territory 152 Virāṭa, country 101, 109 Virāṭanagara, capital of Matsya, modern Bairāṭ, 36n, 72 Virūḍhaka, guardian of the southern quarter in Buddhist mythology 43 Virūpākṣa, guardian of the western quarter in Buddhist mythology 43 Viṣadhāra, mountain to the south of the Mānasa lake 46 Viśākha, mountain to the south of the Mānasa lake 46 Viśākha, territory 152 Viśākhā, constellation 94 Visakhapatnam District 136 Viśālā, same as Ujjayinī, city 104; see Śivaliṅga, etc. 107 Viṣāṇa, citadel of the Uttara-Kuru 42 Viṣāṇin, people 25, 27-28 Visaraṇī, same as the Vidhāvanī, river 16 Visarjaya, people 89; located in the western region 67n Viṣṇu, deity 10-11, 19, 54n; his Tortoise (Kūrma) form 90; his Boar (Varāha) form 13; in the Ṛgveda 40; worshipped in the Śāka-dvīpa 50; his navel 40; his four forms in the four island-continents 42 Viṣṇugopavarman, prince of the Pallava dynasty 87 Viṣṇugṛha, see Tāmalipta, etc., city 104 Viṣṇupada, hill and locality 19 Viṣṇu Purāṇa 38n, 70 Viśoka, territory 152 Visrambhapura, locality 153 Viśvakarman, deity 44 Viśvāmitra, sage 29