SACRED ISLES IN THE WEST, &C. 345 



rud'hara, Hema-cuta, Vyalggriva, (with necks 

 like snakes,) Mahagriva^ (long necks,) Cishc'md'ha, 

 Cdntacasfhali, Nishadha-rasht' ra Purica^ Dadara- 

 nOf Nagnaparna^ ^Sahara, a wild race. 



In the South is Lanca^ or the peninsula of Ma- 

 laca, CVdqJwa, Sauricarnci, Talicata, Glrhmgara^ 

 Malaya the Malabar coast, Daradura, Mahendra, 

 Mdlindra, Miru-Cachlia, Cajxot'a, Tanca, Vana- 

 msl, ^S'wica, Clianicdra, Cauncan'a, \4bMra, 'Aca- 

 ra, Vena, Avantaca, Dasapura, Gonardda, Cera- 

 laca, Cam' at' a, Mahdt'avi, Chittra-Cuta, Ndsici/a, 

 Collagh^i, Chola, Crauncha-dwipah, (the islands of 

 the water fowls of Lacca-dives,) Jat'dd'hara, Clrce- 

 rya, llishyamuc'ha, Vaidurya, 'Sanc'ha, or islands 

 of shells, (they are more generally called Barata 

 and Barola; hence cowries are called Bar at' as, be- 

 cause they come from that country). Aluctdtrl 

 Vdrichara, Dliarmapattana-dxvipa, an island oppo- 

 site to Dharmapattan. (Dliarmapattan was for- 

 merly a place of some note between Calicut and 

 Cananor.) Ganardsht'ra, Crlshna-Vellara, Pis'ica, 

 Suryddri, Cusumanaga, Tumbaxmna, Cdrnidn'eyaca, 

 Ydniyodad'hi the .«;ea of Yama, or Southern sea, Td- 

 pasds'rama-Rishica, Canchipura, Canjhoram, China- 

 pattana or Madras, Deodrslnca, Shihdla or Ctylon, 

 Rishabha, Bala-deva-pattana, or Alalia Balipura, 

 now Mavel'woram, Dan'dacanana, Timingala, San/i- 

 bhadra, Cachlia, Cunjaradarl, Tamraparni, 



,. In the South- West is Pahwa'va, Cambcja, Ara- 

 chosia, Sindliu, Sauvira, Vddamucha, Ainba, Am- 

 basht'a, CampiUa, Narimuclia, \4nartta, Phaiagiri^ 

 Yavana-mdrgana, (those who live toward the passes 

 leading into the country of the Ydvanas, or Greeks of 

 Bactriana, or the fiontiers of theYd-vanas, J Carna- 

 pr&oarna, Sabaraca, 'Sudra, Barbara, C'lrata Chan'- 

 da, Cravydchyaj 'Abhira, Chanchuca, Htmag'iriy 



