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capital of the ancient kingdom of Pandya or Pånlu. It is one of the 52 Pithâs where Sati's eyes are said to have fallen (Bhagavata, X. 79 and Mahavamai, ch. 7). It was called Dakshiņa-Mathura in contradistinotion to Uttara-Mathurd or Mathura of the United Provinces (Upham's Rajardtndkart). Madura was a province of the kingdom of Vijayanagar till the middle of the sixteenth century when Visvanatha, the founder of the Nayak dynasty, became its independent ruler, and Trimula, the most powerful monarch of tho line, reigned from 1623 to 1639. The great temple of Mina kshi with its thousand
pillared hall was built by Arya Nayak in 1550.. Dakshin-Patha-The Deocan: the name was applied to that portion of the Indian
Peninsula lying to the south of the Narbada. It is the Dakhinabades of the Greeks. (Matsya P. ch. 114 and Dr. Bhandarkar's Early History of the Dekelcan, Sec. I; Rajasekhara's Balaramayana, Act VI; Apte's Rajasekhara : his Life and Writings, p. 21). The name was originally confined to a remote settlement of the Aryans on the Upper Godavari (Vinaya Pithaka, I, 195, 196; II, 298) Dakshina-Pinakini-Same as på paghni. Dakshina-Prayaga-Triveni on the north of Høgli in Bengal (Brihat-Dharma Purana
Parva Kh., ch. VI; JASB., Vol. VI, 1910, p. 613). Dakshina-Sindhu-The river Kali-Sindh, a tributary of the Chambal (Mbh., Vana P.
ch. 82). It is the Sindhu of the Meghadüta (Pt. I, ch. 30). Dakshiņatya-The Deccan: that part of India which lies to the south of the Vindhya
range (Ramdyana, Båla K., ch. 13). See Maharashtsa. Dakshina-Badarikasrama-Mailkote, twelve miles to the north of Seringapatam in
Mysore, where the principal Math of Râmânuja, the founder of the Srt sect of Vaist Javas
is situated. It is alco called Yadava-giri (see Yadava-girl). Dalabhya-Asrama-Dalmau on the Ganges in the Rai Bareli District (JA8B., Vol.
LXIX, p. 84). Damalipta-Is a corruption of Tamralipta : it was the capital of Sumha (Hema-kosha).
See Sumha. Damla-Same as Kerala: the Malabar coast (Akitta-Jataka in the J Atakas. IV. 150).
or South Malabar (Burnell's South Indian Pawlography, p. 51). It is the Limurike of Ptolemy which, according to Dr. Caldwell, was a mistake for Damir-ike (see McCrindle's Ptolemy, p. 49), "ike" in Tamil meaning a country. It was near Någa-dvipa or Ceylon, and a Damila dynasty reigned there. Dhatusena ( 459-477 A.D.), defeated the foreign usurpers and restored the national dynasty (Mahavamsa, oh. 38; S.B.E., X:
Intr. XV). This shows that Damila was close to Ceylon. Damodara–The river Dâmudâ in Bengal (K. Ch.). DandakaSame as Dandakáranya (Brahma P., oh. 27). Dandakaranya-Same as Maharashtra (Ramayana, Aranya, oh. I, and Dr. Bhandarkar's
Early History of the Dekkan, Sec. II) including Nagpur. Ramachandra lived here for a long time. According to the Ramdyaņa, it was situated between the Vindhya and the Saibala mountains: a part of it was called Janasthana (Uttara K., ch. 81; Uttara-Ramacharita, Act II). According to Mr. Pargiter, DandakAragya comprised all the forests from Bundelkhand to the river Krishņå (The Geography of Râma'. Exile in JRAS., 1804, p. 242). Bhavabhati places it to the west of Janasthana (Uttara Ramacharita, Act I). Daapura-Same as Udandapura.
