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Jayanta -Another name of Ujjayanta (modern Girnar); as it is mentioned with other mountains of Gujarat.-( Vrh. 85.3).
к Kaccha -Pāṇini refers to place-names ending with the words 'Kaccha', 'Agni',
Vaktra’ and Garta' (IV, 2.126 ). No examples of these names are found in the Sūtras and in Patanjali Bhāsya ; but there was the wellknown seaport called Bhrgukaccha (Bharukacch, Jātaka No. 463 ) or Broach. The Kāśikā instances under ! Kaccha', Dāru-Kaccha and Pippala-Kaccha; under 'Agni', Kandāgni and Vibhujāgni; under
Vaktra', Indra-Vaktra and Sindhu-Vaktra; under Garta' Bahugarta and Cakragarta.
While identifying these various names, Dr. Agrawala says :-" Here we have four pairs of eight geographical names, preserved as grammatical examples from antiquity. A careful glance at the map of Western India affords clue to their identification. Standing at the head of the Gulf of Cambay we have to our left, Pippali-Kaccha, the sea-coast of Pippali, comprising the delta areas of Sābarmati, Mahi, Narmadā and Tāpi rivers of which the old name is still preserved in Piplā or 'Rajpiplā'. To our right is the sea-coast of Kathiawar, literally equivalent to Dāru-Kaccha (Dāru-Kāștha ).-(V. S. Agrawala : India as known to Pāṇini, pp.
65-66). Kaccha-Bhuj - Agni-Purāņa refers to a burning sandy tract equivalent to Skt. Iriņa or
Ranna. Vibhujāgni' refers to the great Rann of Kaccha-Bhuja in the north-west, and Kandāgni' to the little Rann of Kaccha towards the
north-east, traces of its names being preserved in the sea-port of Kandalā. Kaccha -(MBh. VI. 10.55); one of the countries of the Aparānta (Bd. I. ii, 16.
60-84). It, also mentions 'Kacchipa' in the same place; enumarated
among the countries in the South.-(Brih. 14.16). -when the Moon's orb is divided into two by the contact of Venus in the middle, the people of Kaccha will be subject to all sorts of miseries for
seven months.-( Brih. 4.22). Kacchapa -When the eclipse happens in Tulā rāsi, the people of Kacchapa will suffer.
-(Brih. V.40). Kacchamandala-(modern Kaccha) mentioned as one of the countries.-(Skd. I-ii-1-73). Kacchiya -(modern Kaccha )-as one of the countries of the Aparänta.-(Vā; I. 45.
128-131 ). Kacchika - Modern Kaccha)- as one of the countries of Aparānta.-(Mts; 114.
50-51).
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