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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYA峁�
were some historical people and they might have ruled in the south
before the first quarter of the 3rd cent. A. D. The Ratnas, the
Velandharas, the Nabhatilakas鲁, the Sajjh膩ray膩=Sandhy膩r膩gas or
Sandhy膩karas and the Dahamuhadv墨p膩s are the people named after the
places to which they belonged. They are unidentified and may be
probably mythological names. (see infra for these places).
Back to Ayodha:
Mathura: R膩ma kills R膩vana and in due course returns to S盲keta-
pur墨 from Lank膩. He declares Satrughna as the king of Mathura (86.3).
Satrughna defeats Madhu, son-in-law of Ravana, kills his son Lavana
and occupies Mathur膩. It was the ancient capital of Surasena and
is identified with the present Mathur膩, situated on the bank of Jamuna
in the Agra division2.
Ratnapura:-(No. 1):-After the occupation of Mathura, R膩ma
and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 marry
艢r墨d膩m膩 and Manoram膩 respectively, the
daughters of Vidy膩dhara king Ratnaratha of Ratnapura (Raya峁嘺pura
90.1). It is said to be situated on the southern Vijay膩rdha mountains.
V膩nara king Ki峁�kindhi of Ki峁�kindhipura is said to have married his
daughter S奴rakant膩 to a prince of Ratnapura (6.216). In the
Kuvalayam膩l膩 also it is referred to as if it was situated in the Vindhya
system to the south of Narmad膩 river (p. 196). The GD (p. 168)
mentions on the basis of Jaimini Bharata (Ch. 41) that it was perhaps
the capital of Mayurdhvaja and his son Tamradhvaja who fought with
Arjuna and K峁涐梗峁嘺. It can be identified with Ratnapur 16 miles north
of Bilasapur in the district of Bilasapur in Madhya Pradesha鲁.
Then Lak峁�ma峁嘺 is said to have conquered various Vidyadhara
kings of the southern Vijayardha mountain. The places mentioned
are Ka帽ca峁嘺pura (91.3), Gandh膩rapura (91.6) Sihapura (91.6) and
many others.
Kancanapura:鈥擳he PCV also mentions it as K膩帽canapura (94.4).
The PCV states that it was the birth place of Vidyadhara Kubera (7.45)
who was appointed as the Lokap膩la of the northern division of Bharata.
Kanakaratha, the Khecara lord of this place is said to have married his
two daughters, namely, Mandakini and Candramukhi to Lavana and
Ankusa respectively (106.1-9). Ka帽canapura is also called as Kanakapur
(106.3). Malyavat, one of the ancestors of Ravana is said
to have married a princess of Kanakapura (6.241). Kanakapura
1. The Nabhakananas are mentioned in the M膩rka峁囜笉eyapur膩峁嘺 as the people of
the South, (Tr, p. 337).
2. HGAI, p. 107:
3. HGAI, p. 327.