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

APPENDIX I. 313
204. Harivarṣa ...This is the first Varṣa on the southern
side of the Mahāmeru. Niṣadha is said to
be the principal mountain of this Varṣa.
205. Hastināpura ...The capital of the Kurus, north-west of
Delhi. It was situated on the right bank
of the Ganges at a distance of 22 miles
north-west of Meerut.
206. Hiḍimbā... ...A river in the western India, according
to Rājaśekhara. This river may be iden-
tified with Chambal or Carmaṇvatī which
rises from the Vindhyas, flows through the
western India and meets with the Yamunā
near the Ekacakra which is adjacent to Eta-
wah. This Ekacakra, it may be remembered,
is situated near Hiḍimbāvana according to
the Mahābhārata. Since, this river flows
through the Hiḍimbā forest, it is not
unnatural that it should be called by the
name of Hiḍimbā. The river Hiḍimbā
may also be identified, as an alternative
measure, with the river Gambhīra which
is a tributary of the river Śiprā in Cen-
tral India.
207. Himavān ...The Himālayan range which is the prin-
cipal mountain of the Bhāratavarṣa.
208. Himālaya ...Same as Himavān.
209. Hiraṇmayavarṣa This is one of the seven Varṣas consti-
tuting the Jambūdvīpa or Asia. It is the
second Varṣa on the northern side to the
Mahāmeru. The Śveta range forms the
principal mountain of this Varṣa.
210. Hūṇa ... ...One of the countries in North India.
While describing the Digvijaya of Raghu,
Kālidāsa mentions the country of the
Hūṇas in the northern direction, and adds
that it can be reached from Persia by
crossing the river Vaṅkṣu (sic. Sindhu).
The country of the Hūṇas, under the cir-
cumstances, may be identified with the
country between the modern Waksh and
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