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(orange), Panasa, Kadalaka (Plantain) were the fruits pre-eminently meant for eating. The juice of the cocoanut fruit was the chief drink (nālikerīphalarasa), pearls were mostly used in ornaments. Tamāla bowers were used as resting places and the clove sprouts were used as reclining couches. Kāmasūtra was the spiritual lore. Enhancement of virility was the cure for diseases. The worship of Cupid (Ananga) was the main mode of worship. The breezes from the Malaya mount consisted in the sighs from the mouths, wafting as they did the perfume of clove and Kakkola berries. The advent of youth was the spring. The melody of the Cuckoos was the Pañcama note of music. The liquor was made out of the juice of the pālmyra palm etc. Kuņdinapura?
As already illustrated, is modern Kundanpur, about 64 Kms. East of Amraoti, situated about 12 kilo metres north west of Guntur in the Sattenapalli Taluk of this district. famous for its stūpa with exquisite carved sculptures and as the seat of a temple of Siva known as Amareśvara. With Dharani Kotta, Amarāvati shared importance, as the metropolis of the Andhra rulers, bearing its old name Dhānyaghata or Dhānyaghataka identical with Dhānyakata or Dhānyakataka meaning the 'corn town'. Kundinapura was the capital of Vidarbha (ancient Nişadha) and modern Bihar. Dandin has referred to Puspapuri as the capital of Magadha while Dhanapāla has referred to Kusumapura as the capital of Suraketu the king of the Magadhas. Dr. B. N. Puri identifies Pātalīputra with Puspapura and Kusumapura. It is modern Patna.' Kuśasthal
Kannauj the ancient Kānyakubja also known as Gādhinagara, Kuśasthala and Mahodaya, enjoyed the position of the metropolis of the three important dynasties the Maukharīs, the Gurjara Pratihāras and the Gāhadvālas in ancient India. Dhanapāla has referred to Kusasthalapati as Pratāpaśīla.
1. TM Vol. III pp. 171-174. 2. Ibid. II. p.193, L-5 3 KSN p. 120. 4 CAI. p. 8. 5. DKC 1.1.p.1 M.R. Kule ed. MLBD Delhi, 1966 6. TM Vol. III p. 185. 7. CAI pp. 63, 66. 8. CAI Dr. B. B. Puri p. 27.
