A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.897

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Pāṇini 2.2.31), where it is coupled with Bāhlīka, the country of Kāṅkāyana, who attended the meeting in the Caitraratha grove (Ca.Sū.26.5). Citraratha and the Caitraratha park are met with in many Sanskrit texts, for example, the Buddhacarita (9.78) and Viṣṇupurāṇa (II.2.24) (see also MW; PV; Vettam Mani). Citraratha is the name of a region, identified as Citrāl, according to R. Śāstrī (1959: 43). See on the location of Caitrarathavana: Gulabkunverba I, map between 48 and 49; G.K. Pai (1975): 385.