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TILAKAMAÑJARĪ OF DHANAPĀLA
Rathanūpura Cakrawala and Gaganavallabha;Vaijayanti.
Rathanūpura Cakravāla has been described by Dhanapāla as the capital town of Cakrasena, a paramount sovereign of the whole of Southern Range (Daksinaśreni). It has been called a town of the Vidyādharas (a class of semi divine beings), situated on the Vaitādhya mountain, a dalliance couch for the glory of the whole of Bhāratavarşa.' At another place it has been described as situated on the peak of a mountain fit for the association of the divinities.? And further on it has been described as the ornament of the southern range of the Vijayārdha mountain. It may have been the capital of the Sīlahāra prince Cittarājadeva, the nephew of Arikesarin."
Gaganavallabha nagara has been described by him as bearing allusion to the town of Indra (Puruhūta) having outvied the latter, a forehead mark of the Northern range (lit. the range other than the southern one) (on the surface of the Vaitādhya mount).
Yet at another place it has been associated with the Vijayārdha as well. Gaganavallabha, the principal metropolis, the foremost among all the towns, of transcendental glory, situated in the northern range on the Vijayārdha mountain.
Vaijayanti has been described by Dhanapāla as the home town of the maternal grandsire of Gandharavadatā, the mother of Malayasundarī and spouse of Kusumasekhara, the king of Kāñci; Her sire resided on the Suvela mountain (Vicitravīrya was her sire). Her maternal grandsire resided on the Vaitādhya mount.? Vaijayanti may have been the capital of the Kuntala country which included southern Maharashtra and northern Kanaresa districts of Mysore state, modern Banavāsi in the Kanara district. Puşkarāvati
It has been described as a town to the east of mount Meru.' It may be different one froin a town of the same name, an earlier capital of Gāndhāra, situated to the west of the river Indus, modern Chārasadda or Chārasada) a
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S TARS HET HARTUT THEYRİ WEHRHITM Sm. ed. p. 401. 7. TM Sm. ed. p. 342. 8. Studies in Indology part. I. p.7. (Dr. V.V.Mirashi) 9. TM Sm. ed. p. 407.
