Some Sporadic Notes on Brhaddesi

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Author: H C Bhayani
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Some sporadic notes on the Bṛhaddesi
1. Travaṇā
The fourth chapter of the Bṛhaddesi (") (=BD.) describes Bhāṣhās according to Yaṣṭika. There the first Bhāṣa of the Takkaräga is called Travaṇā (BD.2, 132, v. 16; p. 138, v. 39). Similarly the ninth Bhāṣā of the Pañcama-raga is called Trāvaņi (p.134, v.28; p. 164, 100-101) and it is called desa-sambhava (v-101). In the Notes (virmarśa) the editors have observed that trävaṇa or travana is not known as a geographical name.
In Rajasekhara's Kāvyamimāmsā (first half of the tenth century), Travaṇa occurs twice as the name of a country. In the list of the countries in the Western region of India is mentioned Travana along with Suraṣṭra, Daśeraka, Bhṛgukaccha, Kaccha, Anarta, Arbuda etc. (ch. 17, p. 233). Again in the seventh chapter while describing the regional charactersitics of poetry-recitation it is said that the poets of Surastra, Travana and allied regions recite even Sanskrit poetry with a touch of Apabhraṁśa. Accordingly Travana was the name of a country in the west in the vicinity of Surāṣṭra, Kaccha, etc. It was possibly in Rajasthan.
H. C. Bhayani
2. Harṣapūri
The third Bhāṣā of the Malavakaiśika Raga is called Harṣapūri (BD. 2, p. 150, v. 65). The editors say that Harṣapūra is not known as a geographical name (p. 311, note 25).
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Harṣapura was known as a city and an administrative province in Gujarat during the Calukya period. It is mentioned in a copperplate grant (dated 910-911 A.C.) of the period of the Rāṣṭrakūta king. Kṛṣṇa-II. There the province is called harṣapura-ardhāṣṭama-sata (i.e. Harṣapura-750). It is identified with Harsol in the Sabarkantha district of the present-day Gujarat. In the form harṣapura the vowel is lenghtened metri
snaggfaqvimi qf. Ed. PL. Shamu A B. Bader. Pat 1.
1992 put 2. 190.