Essay name: Bhasa (critical and historical study)
Author: A. D. Pusalker
This book studies Bhasa, the author of thirteen plays ascribed found in the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series. These works largely adhere to the rules of traditional Indian theatrics known as Natya-Shastra.
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a large quantity of pure limpid spring water called
Ak膩艣aganga and a colossal image of Vamanadeva and a
huge sculpture of Madhukai峁璦bha. At the foot of the hill
are extensive ruins of old temples and other buildings and
also a tank called P膩pah膩ri峁嚹� where people bathe on the
last day of Pausa when the image of Madhusudana is
brought there from the town of Bamsi.
The Mahabharata, however, recognizes no other
Mandara except on the Himalayas and that is shown to be
a portion of the Himalayas to the east of Sumeru in
Garhwal. Some Pur膩峁嘺s place the Badarik膩艣rama
containing the temple of Nara and N膩r膩ya峁嘺 on the
Mandara, but the Mahabharata locates the Mandara to
the east of the Gandham膩dana and the north of
Badarik膩艣rama. According to the Vamanapur膩峁嘺,
Mahadeva resided here after his marriage with P膩rvat墨.
Malayagiri. The southern parts of the Western
Ghats south of the K膩ver墨 known as the Travancore hills
constitute the Malaya mountain. It also includes the
Cardamum mountains, the whole extending from the
Coimbatore gap to Cape Comorin. Malayakoti has been
identified with the promontory where the Western Ghats
dip into the sea.
One of the summits of the mountain known as the
Agastyak奴ta mountain in Tinnevelly is said to be the
residence of Agastya. It is also called Potiyam, the
southern-most peak of the Annamalai mountains from
where the river T膩mrapar峁嚹� has its source." This
Agastyak奴ta seems to be the place referred to by
Meghan膩da in the Avim膩raka.鲁
Mahendra. The whole range of hills extending
from Orissa to Madura district was known as Mahendra
Parvata. Principally, however, the name was applied to
the range of hills separating Ganjam from the valley of the
Mah膩nadi. A part of the range
extending from North
Sircars to Gon岣峚vana lying near Ganjam is still known as
Mahendramalei or the hills of Mahendra.
Meru. According to Mr. Sherring all local traditions
1 Dey, Geog. Dict, p. 122. 2 Dey, Geog. Dict, pp. 2, 122. 3 Avi, p. 63
-啶呧う啷嵿く 啶啶掂え啷嵿い啶啶膏啶む啶ぎ啶距ぐ啶距ぇ啶た啶む啶� 啶げ啶お啶班啶掂い啷� 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶оぐ啷堗ぐ啷佮い啷嵿じ啶掂 啶啶班ぞ啶班が啷嵿ぇ啶� 啷� [adya bhagavantamagastyam膩r膩dhayitu峁� malayaparvate vidy膩dharairutsava岣� pr膩rabdha岣� | ] 4 Dey, Geog. Dict,
5 Dey, Geog. Dict, pp. 196-197.
p. 119.
