Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c9.8

c9.8

Āruhaka, people 96n Aruṇa, a class of people of the Śālmalidvīpa 49 Aruṇa, island continent and ocean 58 Aruṇābhāsa, island continent and ocean 58 Aruṇavara, island continent and ocean 58 Aruṇavarāvabhāsa, island continent and ocean 58 Aruṇoda, lake 45 Aruvā-nāḍu, see Arouarnoi 124, 136 Āryabhaṭa, astronomer 47 Āryaka, people 49 Aryamṇa, constellation 94n Aryan, Ārya, people 98 Āryāvarta, area dominated by Aryan culture 19, 91n, 102 ; defined in the Baudhāyana D. S. 17 ; between the Gaṅgā and Yamunā according to some 16 ; sometimes called Uttarāpatha 69 ; its Tantric conception 16n, 109 Āṣāḍha, same as Malaya, mountatin 104 Asaira, town 159 Asanabara, locality 141 Asaṅga, antara-dvīpa 105n Āśāvatī creeper 44 Asawil, locality 160 Āsi, locality 156 Asia, continent, 146 ; Central 33, 35, 37, 40, 59-60 ; South-Eastern 63 Asigramma, town 130 Asija, people 96n Asīkni, same as the Chenab, river 22, 83 Asinda, town 131 Asiotai, people 148 Askatangka,people 146 Askatangkai Skythai, Śaka clan 148 Askatangkas, mountain 146, 148 Aśleṣā, constellation 92, 93n Aśmaka, people and territory 36n, 80, 96 and n, 103 ; wrongly called Aśvattha 91 Asmanoi, people 148