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

APPENDIX I. 291 nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa. The Purāṇas as well as Rājaśekhara use the word Bhāratavarṣa in a wider sense, so as to include Greater India, that is to say, India proper along with her eight colonies, Indradvīpa, etc. These colonies are bounded by the southern sea or the Indian ocean and the Himālayan range and are separated from one another by oceans. 64. Candanagiri ... Malayagiri or the southern portion of the western Ghats. Rājaśekhara mentions that Rāmasetu was built in continuation of the Candanagiri. (see Bālarāmāyaṇa, VII. 45.) 65. Candrabhāgā... The river Chenab, a tributary of the river Indus. Rājaśekhara places this river in the Uttarāpatha. 66. Candrācala ... A peak of the Himālayas wherefrom the river Candrabhāgā rises. This is also called Candrabhāgā in the Purāṇas. The Candragiri, the sacred place to the Jains which is situated near Seringapatam is apparently different from this, since Rāja- śekhara locates this mountain in the nor- thern India. 67. Coḍa ... ... Rājaśekhara's Coḍa country is represented by the districts of Tanjore and south Arcot in the Madras Presidency, because the other parts of the Cola country are given different names, such as, Kāñchī and Kāvera. 68. Jambūdvīpa ... One of the seven Dvīpas of the world, situated in the middle, with three Dvīpas on both sides. The mountain Mahā- meru is situated in the middle of the Jam- būdvīpa and this Dvīpa may be identified with the Asia of the present day. Jambū- dvīpa, according to the Purāṇas and in the opinion of Rājaśekhara, consists of seven