Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates ‘Region of Pashcaddesha (western part)� 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).
Part 8.6 - Region of Paścāddeśa (western part)
This region is situated in the western side of ٲṣa. In this region the important countries are:
ٱ𱹲 is situated near Ujjain, ܰṣṭ is the portions of northern-Gujarat, Daśeraqka is the itself. ṛgܰ첹 is the Broach and its surrounding parts, Kacchiya situated in Gujarat, Anarta is the portions of Kathiawad and modern Vednagar. The Arbuda country surrounding by mount Abu and ḥmԲ the city of ḥmṇa. The Yavanas were the foreigners living beyond the river Indus, thus the region identified beyond the river Indus.
The important mountains of this region are:
- Govardhana,
- Girinagara,
- ٱ𱹲,
- ⲹś and
- Arbuda.
The mount Govardhana is situated eighteen miles away from Ѳٳܰ, the Girinagara situated in Kathiawad, ⲹś is not the famous ⲹ, connected with country and Arbuda is identified as the mount Ā, which is one among the Āī range.
In the ʲśś, the famous rivers that flow are:
The famous products of this part are: