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to the Keralas that the poet here speaks of the upward course
of the Kaveri so that the wind following its course could reach
the laud of the Keralas though it would be a most roundabout
way for it to take up. The non-mention of the river on the
way to Kanchi from Malaya-where its mention would naturally
be expected is probably due to an oversight of the poet ; but as
such an important river could not be left out of account it is
mentioned even in an awkward position like the present one.
The wind next has to turn to the east as it is asked to pay
a visit to the Malyavat hill which is identified with the curved
lines of hills in the neighbourhood of Kupal, Mudgal and
Raichur near Bellary. The next place to be visited by the
wind is the Pañchapsara lake. It appears to have been some-
where to the east of Malyavat. Its location, however, is not
certain. The only fact known about it is that it was to the
east of Vidarbha or Berar."
It is curious that of all important places associated with
Rama's exile the poet makes mention of only two-the Malya-
vat hill and the Pañchapsara lake-without making any
mention of Janasthāna, Daṇḍakāranya, Kişkindhyā, Rsya-
mukha etc.
Passing through the Andhra³ country through which flows
the Godavari river the wind is asked to bend its course
1. Journal Royal Asiatic Society-1894-p. 256-7.
2. op. cit. p. 246.
3. I read Andhran in place of randhran the reading given
by both the Mss. The region between the Godavari and Krsna
Districts being known as the Andhra territory and the Godavari,
being expressly mentioned here it seems that the Andhra country
is meant.
to the Keralas that the poet here speaks of the upward course
of the Kaveri so that the wind following its course could reach
the laud of the Keralas though it would be a most roundabout
way for it to take up. The non-mention of the river on the
way to Kanchi from Malaya-where its mention would naturally
be expected is probably due to an oversight of the poet ; but as
such an important river could not be left out of account it is
mentioned even in an awkward position like the present one.
The wind next has to turn to the east as it is asked to pay
a visit to the Malyavat hill which is identified with the curved
lines of hills in the neighbourhood of Kupal, Mudgal and
Raichur near Bellary. The next place to be visited by the
wind is the Pañchapsara lake. It appears to have been some-
where to the east of Malyavat. Its location, however, is not
certain. The only fact known about it is that it was to the
east of Vidarbha or Berar."
It is curious that of all important places associated with
Rama's exile the poet makes mention of only two-the Malya-
vat hill and the Pañchapsara lake-without making any
mention of Janasthāna, Daṇḍakāranya, Kişkindhyā, Rsya-
mukha etc.
Passing through the Andhra³ country through which flows
the Godavari river the wind is asked to bend its course
1. Journal Royal Asiatic Society-1894-p. 256-7.
2. op. cit. p. 246.
3. I read Andhran in place of randhran the reading given
by both the Mss. The region between the Godavari and Krsna
Districts being known as the Andhra territory and the Godavari,
being expressly mentioned here it seems that the Andhra country
is meant.