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

APPENDIX I. 303
South India. According to the Rāmāyaṇa,
Rāma stayed on this mountain at the
request of Sugrīva during the rainy season.
Mālyaśikhara of Rājaśekhara, therefore,
seems to be different from the mount
Mālyavān of the Rāmāyaṇa, and its identi-
fication may be sought for in the Vindhya
range, as a peak near about the Mālava
country on the west.
140. Māhiṣaka ...This is a country on the lower Narmadā
with Māhiṣmatī as its capital.
141. Māhiṣmatī ...Maheśvara or Mahesh on the right bank
of the Narmadā forty miles to the south of
Indore. From this city onwards to the
south, begins the Dakṣiṇāpatha of Rāja-
śekhara.
142. Mudgara ...The country of Mudgara is identified with
Monghyr in Bihar. Rājaśekhara locates
this in the eastern India.
143. Murala ... ...Rājaśekhara locates this country in South
India and characterises the complexion of
the ladies of this country as black. It
cannot be identified with Kerala, as Kerala
is mentioned separately by him. Muralā
is the name of a river in South India and
it is different from the Narmadā. Kāli-
dāsa mentions (Raghuvamśa. iv. 53-55) the
river Muralā as flowing near the Sahya
mountain and the Aparāntadeśa. The
land lying between Kerala and Aparāntaka
near Sahya on the Muralā may, therefore,
be taken to be the present equivalent of
the Murala country. The country of
Murala may, therefore, be identified with
the country of Miraj through which the
river Mūlamuthā or Muralā flows and joins
as a tributary with the river Bhīmā.