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GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES, PEOPLES AND TRIBES
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Añjanāsundari it is said that when Hanuman was a child, he fell down on the hill from a Vimāna faring in the sky and the peak of the hill was crushed to pieces, so he was named Srisaila (Sarcuppio also...... tepam ciya Siriselo nāmaṁ se kayaṁ kumārassa 18.49). Thus the reference is to the Śrīśaila or Śrīparvata because it is further said of Sirīpura was situated on Śrīparvata (85.26) which was under the rule of Hanumat. Śrīparvata also called as Śrīśaila is located in the Karnul district near the river Krşnāt. Thus Śrīpura must be a town situated on or in the valley of this mountain.
Hanumat is sent from Kiskindhipura to Lanka. He on his way to Laikā first subdues his maternal grandfather at Mahendrnagara (50.1). It is said to be situated in a corner of Bhārata in the south, near the sea and in the valley of the hill Danti (15.9-10)2. Dantapura was the ancient capital of Kalinga. It is identified with a place near Chicacole, which is on the eastern coast of India or the Bay of Bengal. Mehendragiri also is situated near it. Then the other Dantapura is identified with Rajmahendri situated on the Godavari. it is also not far from the sea coast". But both the places do not fall on the route connecting Kişkindhipura and Laikā. It is also known that the ancient Mahendra mountains comprised the whole of the Eastern Ghat ranges. The Harşacarita (Ch. 7) mentions that the Mahendra mountains join the Malayaparvata. There is also a Mehendragiri in the Tinnevelli district of Madras and a town in its valley may be called as Mehendranagara. but then the town falls very far from Śripura as mentioned in the PCV. Our author states that Añjanāsun darī was exiled by her mother-in-law from Adityapura. She was sent to Mahendranagara. There her father did not accept her. She entered a forest in exile and when her maternal uncle was taking her to his own town her new born child fell down on the Sriparvata hill. Thus the account of the story requires that Śriparvata and Mahendranagara should not be situated at a very great distance. There is a place known as Mahendravadi village three miles east-south-east of the Sholinghur railway station on the line from Arkonam junction to Arkot. This place is situated on the coastal land. It falls very well on the route joining Kişkindhipura
1. HGAI, p. 189; VGA, p. 91, 217. 2. Bhārahavarisante......dahiņapāsammi sāyarāsānne Dantināma mahiharo. 3. HGAI, P, 149. 4. Ibid, p. 172. 5. Ibid, p. 22. 6. Ibid, p.172 ; See EI, Vol. IV. p. 152.
