History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t9.399

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Daṇḍakāraṇya or Daṇḍakavana--V. 85 41, 147. 32, Var 71. 10 (where Gautama performed *tapas*), B 88. 18, 110. 96 (Gautamī is in Daṇḍaka), 123. 117-120 (Gautamī was five yojanas from the beginning of D ), 129. 55 (quintessence of the world), 161. 73 (D. is the seed of dharma and of mukti), Śal 39. 9-10 (Janasthāna is in D.), Rām. II. 18. 33 and 37, III. 1. 1, Vām. 84 12 (refers to Daṇḍakāraṇya brāhmaṇas) and 43, PV 34. 58-59 (origin of name). Vide my paper on the 'Ancient Geography of Mahārāṣṭra' in JBBRAS for 1917 at pp. 14-15 and the note and Pargiter in JRAS for 1894 on 'the Geography of Rāma's exile' p 242. Daṇḍakāraṇya probably comprised all forests from Bundelkhand or Bhopal in Central India right down to Godāvarī or to Kṛṣṇā Br. S. XI. 56 says that a malignant comet in Hasta nakṣatra kills the chief of Daṇḍakāraṇya