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

APPENDIX I. 309
175. Vindhya... ...The Vindhya range or Vindhyadakṣiṇapāda
or the Satpura hills between the Tāpī
and Narmadā.
176. Vipās'ā ... ...The Bias or Beas, a tributary of the Sutlej.
177. Vis'ālā ... ...The city of Ujjain, the capital of Avantī.
178. Veṇā ... ...A tributary of the river Kṛṣṇā (see
Varṇā).
179. Vaidis'a ... ...Vidiśā. Bhilsa in Mālwa in the kingdom
of Bhopal on the river Betwa or Vetravatī
26 miles to the north-east of Bhopal. It
was the capital of ancient Daśārṇa, and
Agnimitra ruled in this city as a Viceroy
of his father Puṣyamitra (see Mālavi-
kāgnimitra).
180. Vokkāṇa ... ...Rājaśekhara mentions this as one of the
countries in North India. This country
may be identified with Hiuen Thsang's
O-po-kien which he places between Felana
and Ghazni in Afghanistan. Cunningham
is, however, inclined to identify O-po-kien
of Hiuen Thsang with the name "Afghan"
as the Chinese syllable 'kien' represents
'ghan'. The Indian pronunciation for 'ghan'
is kkana and O-po or Ava may stand for
Vo. Thus Vokkāṇa may be the same as the
O-po-kien or Afghan. The country of
Vokkāṇa may also represent the Wakhan
Pamirs which lies beyond the Hindukush
and the Badaksan.
181. S'aka ... ...Sakasthan where the S'akas first settled
after coming to India. S'ākala or Sialkot
in the Lahore division, Punjab, may be
identified with this S'aka of Rājaśekhara.
S'ākala was first made the capital by Greek
king Demetrius; Mihirakula, the Huṇa,
also made S'ākala as his capital in 510
A. D. S'ākala was in ruins when Hiuen