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

APPENDIX I. 293 77. Turuṣka... ...Eastern Turkistan. It is mentioned by Rājaśekhara in the groups of countries included in the northern India. 78. Tuṣāra ... ...Rājaśekhara located this country in the northern India. According to Dr. Stein, the upper Oxus valley, including Balkh and Badakshan was called Tukhāra or Tuṣāra. (Rājataraṅgiṇī, Vol. I., p. 136). 79. Tuṣāragiri ...A peak of the Himālayas near Gaṅgotri. Rājaśekhara states that Sarasvatī got a son Sārasvateya Kāvyapuruṣa here who was later, married to the daughter of Gaurī at this place. 80. Tosala ... ...It is identified with Dakṣiṇakośala, as Tosali is mentioned in the Aśoka inscription at Dhauli. Rājaśekhara includes this coun- try among the eastern countries of India. 81. Travaṇa... ...This country is located in the western India. Rājaśekhara informs us that the people in Surāṣṭra and Travaṇa countries could speak Sanskrit fluently with an Apabhraṁśa accent. 82. Dakṣiṇadeśa...Southern India bounded by the Narmadā in the north and the Cape Comorin in the south. 83. Dakṣiṇāpatha Same as Dakṣiṇadeśa. According to Rāja- śekhara this represents the portion of the Indian peninsula lying to the south of the Māhiṣmatī. 84. Daṇḍaka ...It is difficult to identify this with Daṇḍa- kāvana of the Rāmāyaṇa, since Rāja- śekhara mentions Mahārāṣṭra, etc. com- prising the real Daṇḍakāraṇya according to modern conceptions, as separate coun- tries. Thus, Toṇḍaimaṇḍala or Diṇḍi- vanam, which is situated in South