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

304 APPENDIX I.
144. Mekala ... ...It is a part of the Vindhya range called
Amarakaṇṭaka wherefrom the river Nar-
madā rises. This fact accounts for its
name Mekalakanyakā.
145. Meru ... ...Mahāmeru, or the mountain situated in the
middle of the Jambūdvīpa. It is encircled
by the Ilāvṛtavarṣa.
146. Yamunā ... ...The river Jumna.
147. Yavana ... ...Rājaśekhara locates the Yavana country
in the western India. It is well known
that the Yavanas were foreigners and they
were originally living in countries beyond
the Indus. Kālidāsa mentions in his Mā-
lavikāgnimitra that the Yavanas were
ruling in the western bank of the river
Sindhu. Very probably, the south-eastern
part of Baluchistan may represent the
Yavana country as mentioned by Rāja-
śekhara and not Girnar, Saurāṣṭra, etc.
since they are mentioned by him separately.
148. Ratnavatī ...A city on the southern ranges of the
Malaya mountain.
149. Ramaṭha ...This country is situated according to Rāja-
śekhara in the northern India. (see Bāla-
bhārata I. 7.). This may represent the
country parts near the Raumaka mountain.
(see Cunningham's A. G. map vi.) The
Viṣṇu-Purāṇa mentions Rāmas along with
the Hūṇas, Sālvas, S'ākalas and others in
the northern India. These Rāmas may
belong to a foreign tribe and may be iden-
tified with the people living at Aornos or
the ruined fortress of Ranigat according
to Cunningham's A. G. pp. 67-84. In
that case, it is also probable that Ramaṭha
of Rājaśekhara may represent the Rāma
tribe of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa.