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

APPENDIX I. 295
may be identified with the present river
the Deeg, which is a tributary of the Ravi.
90. Dramila ... ...Same as Draviḍa.
91. Draviḍa ... ...The words Dramila and Draviḍa are
mentioned by Rājaśekhara to denote the
inhabitants of the southern India, and not
the name of the country. The use of these
words is the same as in the case of the
word Gauḍa.
92. Droṇācala ...The Doonagiri mountain in Kumaun.
93. Narmadā ...Rājaśekhara includes this amongst the
rivers of South India. It rises from the
Amrakaṇṭaka hills in the Vindhya range,
and flows into the gulf of Cambay.
94. Nāgadvīpa ...One of the nine parts of the Bhāratavarṣa.
It may be placed in the western part of
India if we are to take into account the
sequence of the nine parts mentioned in
the Purāṇas.
95. Nāsikya ... ...Nasik. Same as Pañcavaṭī.
96. Niṣadha... ...This is mentioned as a mountain in the
Jambūdvīpa or Asia, and as situated im-
mediately to the south of the Mahāmeru.
It is said to be the principal mountain of
the Harivarṣa in the same way as the
Himālayas may be called the principal
mountain of the Bhāratavarṣa. It is iden-
tified with Hindukush by Mr. N. L. Dey.
97. Nīlagiri ... ...One of the Varṣa mountains of Jambūdvīpa
or Asia. Ramyakavarṣa is attached to
this, and the position of the mountain is
immediately to the north of the Mahāmeru.
98. Nepāla ... ...Nepal. Rājaśekhara includes this in the list
of the mountains and also of the countries
in the eastern India.