Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.454

c9.454

Yāmuna, people of the Yamunā valley 91n, 92n, 97n ; see Yāmuneya 97n Yāmuna-giri, hill located in the eastern region 62 Yamunā-nadī, river located in the eastern region 62 Yamun-āntara, territory 91n Yamunā-tira, the Yamunā valley 108 Yāmuneya (Yāmuna), people of the Yamunā valley 97n Yāmya, constellation 97 Yāmy-ārṇava, Yāmy-odadhi, Southern (Indian) Ocean 94n Yarkiang, territory 153 Yāska, author of the Nirukta 18 Yaśodhara, commentator 107 Yaśodharman Viṣṇuvardhana, king 163 Yaśomatya, people 96 Yaśovati, territory 97n Yaśovatī, sabhā of Īśāna 45 Yaudheya, same as the Nṛgālika, people 97, 106 Yava, island 68, 105n Yava-dvīpa, same as the island of Java (Yava) 63, 143 ; its seven rājyas, in the eastern region 62 ; see Zabaj 160 ; see Iabadios or Sabadios 143 Yavana, people 68, 73, 89, 95n, 97-98, 100-01, 103 ; located in the western region 65, 67n, 71 ; located on the western border of the Kumārī-dvīpa 54 ; located in the northern region 63-64 ; spelt Javana 107 ; see Huruṣkara (Turuṣkaka) 105 Yavanapura, located in the southern region 65 Yavyāvatī, identified with the Hariyūpiyā, Djob, river 24 Yayāti, king of the lunar race 25 Yena, mistake for Meru 97 Yin-tu (Sindhu), Chinese name for India 34n Yogini, same as Yoginipura, Delhi, city 109 Yoginipura, see Induprastha, city 107 Yoni, river in the Śālmali-dvīpa 49 Yueh-tchi, meaning Candra-vaṃśa 116n Yugala, country 101 Yugālika, see Tokṣāra (Tukhāra), people 106 Yugandhara, mountain around Mt. Meru 39-40, 44 Yugandhara, clan of the Sālvas 71, 106 Yuvarāja I, Kalacuri king 102 Zabai, city 138 Zabaj (Java, Yava-dvīpa), island country 160 Zamirai, v.l. Gamerai, race of cannibals 140 Zanj (Negro), people 160 Zaradros (Śatadru, Satlaj), river 125, 128 Zarafshan, river 147 Zaratai, people 148 Zarispa (Zariaspa, Baktra), v. l. Kharispa, city 144 Zariaspa, same as Bactra (Baktra), city 73 Zariaspai, people 144 Zariaspis, river 143-44