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

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lying between the western Ghats and the
Arabian sea. Kālidāsa names this country
as Aparānta (Raghuvaṁśa IV. 58).
51. Krathakaiśika The country of Vidarbha is called the land
of Krathakaiśikas (Raghuvaṁśa V. 39–40).
But Rājaśekhara mentions these two coun-
tries separately in the Dakṣiṇāpatha. Ac-
cording to the Mahābhārata, a Vidarbha
king had two sons Kratha and Kaiśika,
and after their names the country was
known as Krathakaiśika (see Sabhā. ch.
13). Rājaśekhara very probably means
that Krathakaiśika was only a part of the
Vidarbha country.
52. Krauñcadvīpa One of the seven Dvīpas of the world. It
is said to be encircled by the Dadhi ocean.
53. Gaṅgā ... ...The river Ganges. Rājaśekhara mentions
Gaṅgā in the list of rivers of the northern
and western India, probably because the
Ganges flows through both.
54. Gandharva ...One of the nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa.
In some Purāṇas, it is also mentioned as
Gāndharva. On the authority of chapters
cxiii, 10–11 and cxiv 11. of the Uttara-
kāṇḍa of the Rāmāyaṇa, some scholars,
identify this part as the country of Gān-
dhāra or the valley of the Kabul, with a
small tract of land to the east of the Indus.
(see Cunningham's A. G. Notes. p. 752).
55. Gabhastimān ...One of the nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa.
Some scholars locate this part in the south-
west of India following the order of the
nine parts mentioned in the Purāṇas and
the Kāvyamīmāṁsā. (see Cunningham's
A. G. Notes p. 752).
56. Gāṅga ... ...This country is located in the Dakṣiṇā-
patha. This may be identified as the
Koṅgu country of the southern India