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

APPENDIX I. 297 This may, therefore, bo identified with modern Nāgarkoil instead of Urayūr in the Trichinopoly district. 105. Pāriyātra ...One of the Kulaparvatas in the Kumārī- dvīpa. This may be identified with the north-western part of the Vindhya range extending right upto the gulf of Cambay. 106. Pāla ... ...The words Pāla and Mañjara occur in two places in this work, and in both the places they appear joined together, and are said to be the Janapadas as well as mountains situated in the Dakṣiṇāpatha. These two, therefore, may be taken as one word and identified with Pāl near Mahāḍ. The author of the Periplus mentions Palaipatmai as a sea-port in the Deccan and this is identified by Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar with Pāl near Mahāḍ (see Bhandarkar's History of the Deccan. VIII.). It is quite possible that Rājaśekhara's Pālamañjara represents the same place. But this word certainly does not denote the Pāla dynasty of Bengal since Rājaśekhara locates this Pāla in the southern India. An alternative identification of this obscure word may also be offered. The Janapada Pālamañjara may represent the Palaesimundus (of the Greeks) mentioned in the Periplus. It is commonly iden- tified with Pārasamudra and is supposed to have been the capital of Ceylon. (see Mr. N. L. Dey's Geo. Dictionary). 107. Puṇḍra ... ...Puṇḍravardhana. The district of Malda in East Bengal. 108. Puṣkaradvīpa One of the seven Dvīpas of the world. Jambūdvīpa is situated in the middle, while the Puṣkara is the third from Jambū. 109. Pūrvadeśa ...Eastern India. This portion lies to the 38