Re: [INDOLOGY] River कायकुटी

[Manu Francis]

On Uragapura, see attached file: a discussion on this List, involving the
late Michael D. Rabe.
Which is also available on the WWW:
http://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology_list.indology.info/1999-March/016494.html
Best.
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Emmanuel Francis
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2017-08-29 16:32 GMT+02:00 Christophe Vielle via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> The name of this river is reminding of 'Kāyal', the name of the emporium
> in the delta of the Tamraparni (Tinnevelly District) referred to by Marco
> Polo (https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/polo/marco/travels/book3.21.html -
> cf. Kólkhoi emporion, Ptolemy Geogr. 7, 1, 10). But the Tamil word kāyal
> ('backwater, mouth of a stream") is far from the meaning of "Curve of the
> body" (kuṭī is found in several words for/names of "curving" rivers). The
> Tāmraparṇī  herself is described by Kālidāsa in 4.50 (53  crit. ed.
> Goodall & Isaacson).
> This explanation of Nāga(/Uraga)-pura as a city on the border of the Kā
> yakuṭī  river in the  Pāṇḍya country was already made by
> Dakṣiṇāvartanātha  (13th-14th c.) in his unpublished *dīpikā* on the
> *Raghuvaṃśa* according to N. P. Unni (*Highways and Byways in Sanskrit
> Literature, *Delhi: New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2012, p. 159, who
> relies on a KUML transcript-manuscript). It is in this case (like in other)
> the source of  Aruṇagirinātha (contemporary of  Mallinātha, early 15th
> century - the latter who also sometimes uses Dakṣiṇāvartanātha has
> possibly misread his source here or, as you guess, his text has been later
> corrupted), himself followed by  Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita.
> The commentary of Vallabhadeva could be useful here, but I have not
> Goodall & Isaacson edition at hand.
> On his side, the commentator Hemādri says: uragākhyasyeti kalpitārtham.
> Best wishes,
> Christophe Vielle
>
> Le 28 août 2017 à 21:34, Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :
>
> Dear all
>
> In Raghuvamsa 6th Canto and Verse 58 or 59
> अथोरगाख्यस्य पुरस्य नाथं first foot says about Nagapura or Uragapura
> Mallinatha explains as कान्यकुब्जतीरवर्तिनागपुरस्य but this seems to be a
> mistake as Kanouj is on the North of India , whereas the poet in further
> verses clearly places it on the south.
>
> And on further search I found Arunagirinatha and Narayana in the
> commentary to the above mentioned verse give the details as the place  in
> the bank of the river कायकुटी
> पाण्ड्येषु कायकुटी नाम नदी प्रवहति तस्मिन् तीरे नागपुराख्यं...
>
> Does any one knows about this river or its modern name kindly inform.
>
> I also believe that even Mallinatha has written कायकुटी as the name is not
> famous that must be due to लिपिसारूप्य scribal error occurred
> Thanks
>
> Correction :
> Not तस्मिन्
>
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