Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.453

c9.453

Warangal District 162 Watters, T. 39n, 151n White Island 116 Wilford, his researches 61 Wilson, H. H. 61n Wind-god, guardian of the north-western quarter 43n Women's Country, Eastern, see Strīrājya 152 and n Wu-chung-na (Uḍḍiyāna), country 151 Wu-la-shi (Uraśā, Hazara District), country 151 Wu-she-yen-na (Ujjayinī), territory 153 Wu-t'ian, ‘the Five Indies’ 34n Xathroi (Kṣatri), people 75, 76n Xoana, town 131 Xodrake (Kṣudraka), city 131 Yādavaprakāśa, author 18, 104 Yadu, people 14n, 25-27 ; same as Daśārha, Sātvata, Kukura 105 Yajña-varāha, form of the god Viṣṇu 105n Yajurveda 9 Yajvapāla dynasty 102 Yakṣa, semi-divine beings 42-44, 49-50, 89 Yakṣa, island-continent and ocean 58 Yakṣabāhu, country 101 Yakṣavara, island-continent and ocean 58 Yakṣu, people 25, 27 Yama, guardian of the southern quarter 43n Yāma, heavenly world 43, 45 Yamabhaginī, see Yamunā, river 104 Yāma-deva, gods inhabiting Yāma 45 Yama-dvīpa in the ocean to the south of the Bhārata-varṣa 66 Yamakoti, locality 101 Yamgan, territory 153 Yamī, same as Yamunā, river 104 Yamunā, river 22, 27, 83, 86, 103, 106, 108; same as Yamabhaginī, Kālindrī (Kālindī), Sūryajā, Yamī 104 ; see Diamouna 126 ; see Jumnā 86 ; its valley 96