Indian Antiquary Vol 22

SR No.: 032514
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 442
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
And the seven months of the river Sindhu are mentioned in the Mêharauli inscription of the emperor Chandra (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 141). See also 'Saindhava.' Sindhu-Sauvira, a people in the south-west division, xiv. 17; misc. ref., x. 6; xiv. 34; also Sindhu-Sauviraka, misc. ref., ix. 19. Albêrûnî says, "Sauvira, i. e. Multân and Jahrávár."
Siprà, a river; misc. ref., xvi. 9.
sita, a white people, misc. ref., xi. 61. See also 'svéta,' and under 'Hûna.'
Sitaka (v. 1. Sataka), a people in the northern division, xiv. 27.
sky; dwellers in the sky (khastha), in the north-west division, xiv. 22; roamers in the sky (khachara), in the northern division, xiv. 28; dwellers in the sky (divishtha), in the north-east division, xiv. 31. On xiv. 22, Albêrûnî says "Khastha, i. e. people who are born from the trees, hanging on them by the navel-strings."
Smaśradhara, a people in the south-east
division, xiv. 9.
Sóna, a river; misc. ref., v. 65; xvi. 1, 9. spirits, the city of (bhúta-pura), in the northern division, xiv. 27.
'Sriparvata, a mountain; misc. ref., xvi. 3. Srughna, a town or country, misc. ref., xvi.
21. Gen. Sir Alexander Cunningham has identified it with the Su-lu-k'in-na of Hiuen Tsiang, and the modern Sugh near Thânêsar (Anc. Geogr. of India, p. 345). stri-rajya, the kingdom of women, i. e. the amazons, in the north-west division, xiv. 22; misc. ref., xvi. 6. See under amazons.'
Sûdras, placed in the south-west division, xiv. 18.
Suhma, a people in the eastern division, xiv. 5; misc. ref., v. 37; xvi. 1.
Sukti, a place or people; the Sakti lord (Sukty-adhipa), misc. ref,, iv. 24 Sûlika, a people in the north-west division, xiv. 23; misc. ref., ix. 15, 21; 1. 7; xvi. 35; but perhaps the correct reading is Mâlika. In his text of ix. 15, Kern gives Sûlika, with the palatal aspirate; but in his translation he gives Sûlika, with the dental aspirate, and adds the note that "this seems to be the preferable spelling." See also "Saulika."
[JULY, 1893.
sunrise, the mountain of (udaya-giri), in the eastern division, xiv. 7.
sunset, the mountain of (asta-giri), in the western division, xiv. 20. supernatural people and places; the city of spirits (bhuta-pura), in the northern division, xiv. 27;-demons with matted hair (jatásura), in the north-east division, xiv. 30;the grove of spirits (vasu-vana), in the north. east division, xiv. 31;- Gandharvas, or the heavenly choristers, in the north-east division, xiv. 31; misc. ref., xiii. 8;-dwellers in the sky (khastha), in the north-west division, xiv. 22;- dwellers in the sky (divistha), in the north-east division, xiv. 31;- roamers in the sky (khachara), in the northern. division, xiv. 28. Sûrasêna (v. 1. Sûrasêna), a people in the middle country, xiv. 3; misc. ref., v. 35, 69; ix. 17; xvii. 13, 22; lxix. 26; the lord of the Sûrasênas (Sûraséna-pati), misc. ref., xi. 54. See also Sûrasênaka,' An inscription of the Sûrasênas has been published in Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 34; the name occurs as Sûrasena there, and also (as a proper name) in one of the Nêpâl inscriptions (Gupta Inscriptions, Introd. p. 180). Sarasênaka, a people; the king of the Sûrasênakas (Súrasénaka-nṛipa), misc. ref., ix. 11. See also Sûrasêna.' Surashtra, a country, the modern Kathiawâd, and the people of it, in the south-west division, xiv. 19; pearls are obtained there, lxxxi. 2, 4; other misc. ref., iv. 22; v. 79; x. 6; lxix. 11. See also 'Saurashtra.' The base 'Surâshtra' occurs in one of the Nåsik inscriptions (Archeol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 109); in the Junagadh inscription of Rudradâman (Ind. Ant. Vol. VII. p. 262); and in line 9 of the Junagadh inscription of Skandagupta (Gupta Inscriptions, p. 59): but line 8 of the latter record shews that the customary expression was Surashtrâh (nom. pl.), the Surâshtra countries.' Sarpa, a mountain in the southern division,
xiv. 14.
suvarna-bhú, the region of gold, in the northeast division, xiv. 31. Below his translation, Kern gives the note" in all likelihood a mythical land; with Ptolemy it is. called Chryse (cf. Lassen, Altert. iii. 242), which is not to be confounded with the real