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

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99. Payoṣṇī ... ...A river in the southern India and may
be identified with the Pūrṇā, a tributary
to the river Tāpī.
100. Pallava ... ...This name often denotes a dynasty which
ruled over the southern India from the
5th to the 9th century A. D. with the
capital at Kāñchī. The country surro-
unding Kāñchī very probably was known
as the Pallava country after its rulers,
because Kāñchi is mentioned by Rāja-
śekhara as a separate country in the sou-
thern India.
101. Pas'cāddes'a ... Western India. This comprises Sindh,
Western Rajputana, Cutch, Gujarat and a
portion of the adjoining coast on the lower
course of the Narmadā. Devasabhā is
mentioned as its eastern boundary.
102. Pāñcāla ... ...The Pāñcāla country is located in the
Central India or Madhyadeśa which is ex-
tended from the foot of Himālayas to the
Yamunā and between Vinaśana and Pra-
yāga. It is divided into north and south
Pāñcālas with Ahiccatra and Kāmpilya as
their respective capitals. The two portions
of the Pāñcāla country are separated by
the river Ganges. According to Rāja-
śekhara, however, the Pāñcālas of Antar-
vedī (see No. 2) were highly civilized and
their capital was at Kanauj, On page 8
of this work he used the word Pāñcāla to
denote the country comprising the whole
of the northern and central India.
103. Pāṭaliputra ...Patna, the capital of Magadha.
104. Pāṇḍya ... ...The modern districts of Tinnevelly and
Madura in the Madras Presidency. Kāli-
dāsa mentions Uragapura as the capital of
the Pāṇḍya king (Raghuvaṁśa. VI. 59-60).