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

APPENDIX I. 301 place. But this identification is open to objection since Rājaśekhara mentions Bhā- dānaka along with Ṭakka and Maru coun- tries, which are situated in North India. Bhādānaka, therefore, may be the same as Bhāṭadhāna, a country mentioned in the Mahābhārata (Sabhā. ch. 32.) as situated in the northern India. It may be located somewhere between the river Śatadru and Vinaśana. (see Pargitar's map. J. R. A. S. 1908). 124. Bhāratavarṣa This is one of the Varṣas in the Jambū- dvīpa or Asia with the Himālayas as the Varṣaparvata. The Himālayas is the third mountain on the southern side of the Mahāmeru which is situated exactly in the middle of the Jambūdvīpa. The Bhāratavarṣa again is divided into nine parts. India is one of them, and is called the Kumārīdvīpa. 125. Bhṛgukacca ...Broach and its surrounding parts. 126. Bhaimarathī ...The river Bhīmā in the Dakṣiṇāpatha which joins with the Kṛṣṇā. 127. Magadha ...The province of Bihar or South Bihar. 128. Mañjara... ...See Pāla. 129. Madhyades'a ...The country bounded by the river Sara- svatī in Kurukṣetra, Allahabad, the Himā- layas and the Vindhyas. 130. Maru ... ...Rājaputana or Marwar. 131. Malada ... ...A portion of the district of Shahabad in Bihar. Rājaśekhara mentions this as one of the eastern countries. 132. Malaya ... ...The southern ranges of the western Ghats lying south of the river Kāverī.