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TILAKAMANJARĪ OF DHANAPĀLA "Tahundargeudalerratza"" has a variant in"एकशृंगवैताढ्यशृंगिणो रन्तरालाटवीं"2
in the smaller edition which seems to be an error like so many available in this old edition. Hence "Tosif Tun TRICana" seems to be a correct variant in the latter reference than the one seeming to be misspelled there. Apart from these three major forests referred to by Dhanapāla we find some more mentions made of groves and orchards of equally great prominence.
He has referred to the groves situated on the precincts of the huge lotus lakes beautiful with triple fold row of steps made of huge stone slabs splashed all over by the surges of water sweet and pellucid (or limpid) having the cool savour of Pundra sugarcane, bearing forms of the orbs of the extents of Jambūdvīpa, surrounding the sixteen mountains known as Dadhimukha and others which now outlive the charms of the Nandana vana tree groves.
अतिशयितनन्दनदुमवनेषु दधिमुखाभिधानमहाधराधरेन्द्रषोडशकपरिक्षेपणानां जम्बूद्वीपपरिमाणपरिमण्डलाकृतीनाम् पुण्डेक्षुरसशिशिरसुरभिस्वच्छस्वादुसलिलकलोलास्फालितविशालमणिशिलासोपानपंक्तित्रितयरमणीयानाम् महापुष्करिणीनामुपान्तवर्तिषु विचित्रतरुकाननेषु।
It is very difficult to identify these groves as no correct identification of Dadhimukha and other ranges of fifteen mountains is either being given by the commentator nor do we find any parallels of these in Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata Kośas of Dr. Ramakumāra Roy. Even Dr. B. C. Law has referred to no such ranges in his historical Geography of Ancient India. Sanskrit English Dictionaries of Sir Monier William and V. S. Apte are also silent on this point. We can, however, trace the probable.
As is postulated by Dr. Ram Kumar Rai in his Mahābhārata. Kośa.
"To the south of Nīlagiri (Dardura) and north of Nişadha (Hindukush mountain to the north of Kabul river) there is a Jambū tree named Sudarsana which keeps its foliage ever green. It is a wish granting tree, sacred one and is a resort of the Siddhas and Căranas. From this very point is derived the name Jambüdvīpa. This huge tree or the Royal tree has a height of eleven hundred yojanas which appears touching the heavens. When succulence gets saturated in these fruits they fall down voluntarily. The length of these fruits is regarded as two and a half thousands of äratnīs. These fruits fall with a
1. TM. Vol. III p. 133. L.4 2. Ibid. Sm. ED. p. 381. L.3 3. Ibid. M. Vol. p. 116. LL. 5-7
