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

296 APPENDIX I. 99. Payoṣṇī ... ...A river in the southern India and may be identified with the Pūrṇā, a tributary to the river Tāpī. 100. Pallava ... ...This name often denotes a dynasty which ruled over the southern India from the 5th to the 9th century A. D. with the capital at Kāñchī. The country surro- unding Kāñchī very probably was known as the Pallava country after its rulers, because Kāñchi is mentioned by Rāja- śekhara as a separate country in the sou- thern India. 101. Pas'cāddes'a ... Western India. This comprises Sindh, Western Rajputana, Cutch, Gujarat and a portion of the adjoining coast on the lower course of the Narmadā. Devasabhā is mentioned as its eastern boundary. 102. Pāñcāla ... ...The Pāñcāla country is located in the Central India or Madhyadeśa which is ex- tended from the foot of Himālayas to the Yamunā and between Vinaśana and Pra- yāga. It is divided into north and south Pāñcālas with Ahiccatra and Kāmpilya as their respective capitals. The two portions of the Pāñcāla country are separated by the river Ganges. According to Rāja- śekhara, however, the Pāñcālas of Antar- vedī (see No. 2) were highly civilized and their capital was at Kanauj, On page 8 of this work he used the word Pāñcāla to denote the country comprising the whole of the northern and central India. 103. Pāṭaliputra ...Patna, the capital of Magadha. 104. Pāṇḍya ... ...The modern districts of Tinnevelly and Madura in the Madras Presidency. Kāli- dāsa mentions Uragapura as the capital of the Pāṇḍya king (Raghuvaṁśa. VI. 59-60).