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

APPENDIX I. 301
place. But this identification is open to
objection since Rājaśekhara mentions Bhā-
dānaka along with Ṭakka and Maru coun-
tries, which are situated in North India.
Bhādānaka, therefore, may be the same as
Bhāṭadhāna, a country mentioned in the
Mahābhārata (Sabhā. ch. 32.) as situated
in the northern India. It may be located
somewhere between the river Śatadru and
Vinaśana. (see Pargitar's map. J. R.
A. S. 1908).
124. Bhāratavarṣa This is one of the Varṣas in the Jambū-
dvīpa or Asia with the Himālayas as the
Varṣaparvata. The Himālayas is the
third mountain on the southern side of
the Mahāmeru which is situated exactly
in the middle of the Jambūdvīpa. The
Bhāratavarṣa again is divided into nine
parts. India is one of them, and is called
the Kumārīdvīpa.
125. Bhṛgukacca ...Broach and its surrounding parts.
126. Bhaimarathī ...The river Bhīmā in the Dakṣiṇāpatha
which joins with the Kṛṣṇā.
127. Magadha ...The province of Bihar or South Bihar.
128. Mañjara... ...See Pāla.
129. Madhyades'a ...The country bounded by the river Sara-
svatī in Kurukṣetra, Allahabad, the Himā-
layas and the Vindhyas.
130. Maru ... ...Rājaputana or Marwar.
131. Malada ... ...A portion of the district of Shahabad in
Bihar. Rājaśekhara mentions this as one
of the eastern countries.
132. Malaya ... ...The southern ranges of the western Ghats
lying south of the river Kāverī.