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

APPENDIX I. 293
77. Turuṣka... ...Eastern Turkistan. It is mentioned by
Rājaśekhara in the groups of countries
included in the northern India.
78. Tuṣāra ... ...Rājaśekhara located this country in the
northern India. According to Dr. Stein,
the upper Oxus valley, including Balkh
and Badakshan was called Tukhāra or
Tuṣāra. (Rājataraṅgiṇī, Vol. I., p. 136).
79. Tuṣāragiri ...A peak of the Himālayas near Gaṅgotri.
Rājaśekhara states that Sarasvatī got a
son Sārasvateya Kāvyapuruṣa here who
was later, married to the daughter of Gaurī
at this place.
80. Tosala ... ...It is identified with Dakṣiṇakośala, as
Tosali is mentioned in the Aśoka inscription
at Dhauli. Rājaśekhara includes this coun-
try among the eastern countries of India.
81. Travaṇa... ...This country is located in the western
India. Rājaśekhara informs us that the
people in Surāṣṭra and Travaṇa countries
could speak Sanskrit fluently with an
Apabhraṁśa accent.
82. Dakṣiṇadeśa...Southern India bounded by the Narmadā
in the north and the Cape Comorin in
the south.
83. Dakṣiṇāpatha Same as Dakṣiṇadeśa. According to Rāja-
śekhara this represents the portion of the
Indian peninsula lying to the south of the
Māhiṣmatī.
84. Daṇḍaka ...It is difficult to identify this with Daṇḍa-
kāvana of the Rāmāyaṇa, since Rāja-
śekhara mentions Mahārāṣṭra, etc. com-
prising the real Daṇḍakāraṇya according
to modern conceptions, as separate coun-
tries. Thus, Toṇḍaimaṇḍala or Diṇḍi-
vanam, which is situated in South