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

APPENDIX I. 291
nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa. The
Purāṇas as well as Rājaśekhara use the
word Bhāratavarṣa in a wider sense, so as
to include Greater India, that is to say,
India proper along with her eight colonies,
Indradvīpa, etc. These colonies are bounded
by the southern sea or the Indian ocean
and the Himālayan range and are separated
from one another by oceans.
64. Candanagiri ... Malayagiri or the southern portion of the
western Ghats. Rājaśekhara mentions that
Rāmasetu was built in continuation of the
Candanagiri. (see Bālarāmāyaṇa, VII. 45.)
65. Candrabhāgā... The river Chenab, a tributary of the river
Indus. Rājaśekhara places this river in
the Uttarāpatha.
66. Candrācala ... A peak of the Himālayas wherefrom the
river Candrabhāgā rises. This is also
called Candrabhāgā in the Purāṇas. The
Candragiri, the sacred place to the Jains
which is situated near Seringapatam is
apparently different from this, since Rāja-
śekhara locates this mountain in the nor-
thern India.
67. Coḍa ... ... Rājaśekhara's Coḍa country is represented
by the districts of Tanjore and south Arcot
in the Madras Presidency, because the other
parts of the Cola country are given different
names, such as, Kāñchī and Kāvera.
68. Jambūdvīpa ... One of the seven Dvīpas of the world,
situated in the middle, with three Dvīpas
on both sides. The mountain Mahā-
meru is situated in the middle of the Jam-
būdvīpa and this Dvīpa may be identified
with the Asia of the present day. Jambū-
dvīpa, according to the Purāṇas and in the
opinion of Rājaśekhara, consists of seven