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the efficacy of the boon, by touching the head of Mahadeva himself, the giver of the boon. Mahadeva fled, pursued by Bhasmasura and took the protection of Vishnu, who advised the Asura to make the experiment by placing his hand upon his own head instead of upon that of another. He followed the advice, and was at once consumed to ashes. But the story is differently stated in Sherring's Western Thibet, p. 285
Tomara-The Tomaras inhabited the Garo Hills in the south-western corner of Assam (Matsya P., ch. 120; McCrindle's Ptolemy, p. 235).
Tonda-mandala-The portion of Dravida of which the capital was Kanchipura (Mackenzie Manuscripts in JASB., 1838, p. 128). It is the same as Tundir-mandala of the Mallikamarula (Act I).
Tosall-Tosali of the Dhauli inscription of Asoka. It has been identified by Wilford with the Tosala-Kosalaka of the Brahmanda Purana (ch. 51), and simply Kosalaka or Kosala of the Brihat-samhita (JASB., 1838, p. 449). It appertained to Dakshina-Kosala or Gondwana at the time of Asoka (see Kosala-Dakshina). Tośali is the Tosale of Ptolemy. The Konsala-gång or Kosala-Ganga of Kittoe, which is the name of a tank near the Dhauli hill, confirms the statement that Tośali was the ancient Kosala (Ibid., p. 435). Traipura-Same as Tripuri.
Trigartta-1. The kingdom of Jalandhara, a part of the district of Lahore. Wilford identifies the place with Tahora. Tahora or Tihora is situated on the river Sutlej, a few miles from Ludhiana, where interesting ruins were observed by Captain Wade (JASB., Vol. VI). Kangara, which is also situated in Jalandhara between the mountains of Champa (Chamba) and the upper course of the Bias, is identified by General Cunningham with the ancient Trigartta (Brihat-Samhita, ch. 14, and Dr. Stein's Rajatarangint, Vol. I, p. 81). The Hemakosha identifies Trigartta with Jalandhara; Trigartta means the land watered by the three rivers, which are the Ravi, the Bias and the Sutlej (Arch. S. Rep., Vol. V, p. 148; Pargiter's Markandeya P., 321, 347 note; JASB., 1880, p. 10). From the inscriptions it appears that modern Jalandhara was the ancient Trigartta (Ep. Ind., I, pp. 102, 116). 2. North Kanara: see Gokarna (Bhagavata P., X, ch, 79). Trikakud-See Trikata (Atharva-veda, IV, 9, 8; Dr. Macdonell's Hist. of Sanskrit Literature, p. 144).
Trikalinga-Same as Telingana. Trikalinga is mentioned in the Kumbhi Copperplate inscription in JASB. (1839, p. 481), which gives the genealogy of the Kalachuri dynasty. But Trikalinga, according to Pliny, comprised the regions inhabited by the Kelinge, MaccoKalings and the Gangarides-Kalinga (Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India, p. 519; JASB., 1837, p. 286). The Kalinga were the inhabitants of Kalinga proper; the MaccoKalinga were the inhabitants of Madhya-Kalinga or Orissa, and the Gangarides-Kaling were the Ganga-Radhis or the people of Radha who lived on the banks of the Ganges, their capital being Gange or Saptagrama (see Saptagrama, Sumha and Radha). It appears that the kings of South-Kosala or the Central Provinces were called kings of Tri-kalinga which evidently included Dakshina-Kosala, including the Patna state of the Central Provinces (Ep. Ind., Vol. III, pp. 323, 359; JASB., 1905, p. 1). According to General Cunningham, Tri-kalinga or the three Kalingas were the three kingdoms of Dhanakataka or Amaravati on the Krishna, Andhra or Warangal, and Kalinga or Rajamahendri (McCrindle's Ptolemy, p. 233).
Trikita-1. A mountain in the south-east corner of Ceylon (see Lanka). 2. Trikota, a lofty mountain to the north of the Panjab and south of Kashmir; containing a holy spring it is the Trikakud of the Atharva Veda (Thornton's Gazetteer). 3. Trikuta was conquered by Raghu (Raghuvamsa, IV, v. 59). Trikûța has been identified with Junnar; it is the Tagara of Ptolemy, which in Sanskrit is Trigiri or Trikûta (Indian Antiquary, Vol.
