काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

288 APPENDIX I. lying between the western Ghats and the Arabian sea. Kālidāsa names this country as Aparānta (Raghuvaṁśa IV. 58). 51. Krathakaiśika The country of Vidarbha is called the land of Krathakaiśikas (Raghuvaṁśa V. 39–40). But Rājaśekhara mentions these two coun- tries separately in the Dakṣiṇāpatha. Ac- cording to the Mahābhārata, a Vidarbha king had two sons Kratha and Kaiśika, and after their names the country was known as Krathakaiśika (see Sabhā. ch. 13). Rājaśekhara very probably means that Krathakaiśika was only a part of the Vidarbha country. 52. Krauñcadvīpa One of the seven Dvīpas of the world. It is said to be encircled by the Dadhi ocean. 53. Gaṅgā ... ...The river Ganges. Rājaśekhara mentions Gaṅgā in the list of rivers of the northern and western India, probably because the Ganges flows through both. 54. Gandharva ...One of the nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa. In some Purāṇas, it is also mentioned as Gāndharva. On the authority of chapters cxiii, 10–11 and cxiv 11. of the Uttara- kāṇḍa of the Rāmāyaṇa, some scholars, identify this part as the country of Gān- dhāra or the valley of the Kabul, with a small tract of land to the east of the Indus. (see Cunningham's A. G. Notes. p. 752). 55. Gabhastimān ...One of the nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa. Some scholars locate this part in the south- west of India following the order of the nine parts mentioned in the Purāṇas and the Kāvyamīmāṁsā. (see Cunningham's A. G. Notes p. 752). 56. Gāṅga ... ...This country is located in the Dakṣiṇā- patha. This may be identified as the Koṅgu country of the southern India