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The holy Brāhmanas came and received the free gift of the city from Srī, giving Gautama the place of honour. The Brāhmaṇas from the Sindha - forest, however, did not accept the leadership of Gautama and were, therefore, expelled.
The city then, after the site on which it was built, became known as Srīmālanagara. This, according to the Purāņa, was the name of the city in the Satya Yuga. Its name in the Tretā Yuga was Pushpamāla, while in the Kalī Yuga is Bhinnamāla or Bhillamāla. * Its fourth name is indicated in the Purāņa+ and mentioned in the Prabandhachintāmaņi viz. Ratnamāla in connection with the story of the king Srī Punja and his daughter Srīmātā.
It is possible to form some idea of the extent of the city. According to the Şrīmāla Purāņa, as we saw, the extent of the Gautamāsrama was five gavyutis, that is roughly about fifteen miles. The area of the city occupied by big mansions was equal to the area occupied by the vimūnas of the gods that is five kroșas roughly ten miles.x The whole vistāra - or extent of the city is described as five yojanas that is roughly fifteen to twenty miles.
The form of the city was square. I
The Purūņa gives certain figures about Srīmāla, calling it Srīmālikī sarvasamkhya - that is all figures
* पुष्पमाला मया कण्ठे कश्यपस्य निवेशिता ।
garat gechiafa afat taraffaat ll A. 45. V. 56. + See Adhyāya 66. X See Adhyāya 3 ( V. 124-25 ), and 8( Vs. 14, and 37, 38. I A. 10. V. 58. aytgaffari GTE AAaa: 1
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