Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates 鈥榬egion of Purvadesha (eastern part)鈥� of the English study on the Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara: a poetical encyclopedia from the 9th century dealing with the ancient Indian science of poetics and rhetoric (also know as alankara-shastra). The Kavya-mimamsa is written in eighteen chapters representing an educational framework for the poet (kavi) and instructs him in the science of applied poetics for the sake of making literature and poetry (kavya).
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Part 8.4 - The region of 笔奴谤惫补诲别艣补 (eastern part)
It is situated in the east side of 惭补诲丑测补诲别艣补 of 叠丑腻谤补迟补惫补谤峁. In the K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩, 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 says that it is to the east of 叠别苍腻谤补蝉补 and the 顿丑补谤尘补蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of 叠补耻诲丑腻测补峁嘺 identify it to the east of 笔谤补测腻驳补.
In this part include the countries of:
- 础峁単补,
- 痴补峁単补,
- 碍补濒颈峁単补,
- 碍辞艣补濒补,
- 罢辞峁濒补,
- Utkala,
- Magadha,
- Mudgara,
- Videha,
- 狈别辫腻濒补 [Nepal],
- 笔耻峁囜笉谤补,
- 笔谤腻驳箩测辞迟颈峁,
- 罢腻尘谤补濒颈辫迟补办补,
- Malada,
- Mallavartaka,
- Suhma and
- Brahmottara.[1]
The modern geographer S. M. Ali think that the countries 碍补濒颈峁単补 and 碍辞艣补濒补 among them in the 惭补诲丑测补诲别艣补 in 笔耻谤腻峁噄肠 geography.[2]
There are the mountain ranges of 笔耻谤惫补诲别艣补 described in the K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 are:
The rivers flows the 笔奴谤惫补诲别艣补 are:
There are the famous product of:
- 尝补惫补濒墨 (one type of fruit),
- 骋谤补苍迟丑颈辫补谤峁嘺办补 (a medicinal plant),
- 膧驳耻谤奴 [Aguru?] (agullocha),
- 顿谤腻办峁 (grape) and
- 碍补蝉迟耻谤墨 (musk).[5]
Therefore, the 叠峁沨补诲驳峁沨补 may identified with the Mount Everest in the eastern range of the 贬颈尘腻濒补测补蝉, Lohitagiri is range found in the eastern region of 贬颈尘腻濒补测补, from where the river Lauhitya or Brahmaputra is flows.
Cakora is identified with 颁补谤补峁嚹乨谤颈, the hill-fort in the district of Mizarpur, Darduraka identified with 顿别辞驳补谤岣� peak in the eastern India but 碍腻濒颈诲腻蝉补 in his 搁补驳丑耻惫补峁兣沘 described it in the southern part of India near 罢腻尘谤补辫补谤峁噄.
C.f.
鈥�补蝉补丑测补惫颈办谤补尘补岣� 蝉补丑测补峁� 诲奴谤腻苍尘耻办迟补尘耻诲补苍惫补迟腻 |
nitambamiva mediny膩岣� strast膩峁兣泆kamala峁単hayat || 鈥�- 搁补驳丑耻惫补峁兣沘 of 碍腻濒颈诲腻蝉补: IV/52
狈别辫腻濒补 is the mountain range of 狈别辫腻濒补 country and the 碍腻尘补谤耻辫补 is the mountain situated in the Assam. Probably the 狈墨濒补办奴峁璦辫补谤惫补迟补 where situated the celebrated 碍腻尘腻办丑测腻诲别惫颈鈥檚 temple.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩: Pp- 93:
鈥�测补迟谤腻峁単补办补濒颈峁単补办辞蝉补濒补迟辞测补濒辞迟办补濒补尘补驳补诲丑补尘耻诲驳补谤补惫颈诲别丑补辫腻濒补辫耻峁囜笉谤补辫谤腻驳箩测辞迟颈峁-
t膩mraliptakamaladamallavarttakasuhmabrottarapr峁沚hatayo janapad膩岣�鈥檤 ,
[2]:
S.M. Ali: Op.cit. Pp-130
[3]:
K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩: Pp- 93 鈥�b峁沨adg峁沨alohitagiricakoradarduranep膩lak膩marup膩daya岣� parvat膩岣モ�� |
[4]:
K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩: Pp- 93 鈥�艣o峁嘺lauhitya nadau | ga峁単膩karatoy膩kapi艣膩dy膩艣ca nadya岣モ�� |
[5]:
K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩: Pp- 93 鈥�濒补惫补濒墨驳谤补苍迟丑颈辫补谤峁嘺办腻驳耻谤耻诲谤腻办峁Ｄ乲补蝉迟耻谤颈办腻诲墨苍腻尘耻迟辫腻诲补岣モ赌� |