DISTANCE FROM THE PRIME MERIDIAN (ii) Vateśvara's list. Lankā, Kumari, Kāñci, Mänaṭamaśvetapuri², Sveta Acala, Vātsyagulma, Avanti-puḥ, Gargarat, Aśrama-pattana, Mālava- nagara, Paṭṭaśiva, Rohitaka, Sthāṇviśvara (Sthāneśvara), Himavān, and Meru. 49 (iii) Śripati's list.³ Lanka, Kumāri, Kanci-nagari, Panāṭa, Şadāsya Sitadri, Sri Vatsagulma, Māhismati (modern Maheśvara situated on the north bank of river Narmada in Nimar district in Madhya Bhārata), Ujjayini, Aśrama-nagara, Pattaśiva, śri Gargarāt, Rohita (Rohtak), Sthāṇviśvara, Śitagiri (the Himalayas), and Sumeru. (iv) Bhaskara II's lists. 1. Lanka-puri, Vatsagulma, Mähismati, Ujjayini, Gargarāt, Kuruksetra, Himäcala, etc.¹ 2. Lanka, Devakanya, Kāñci, Sitaparvata, Paryali, Vatsagulma, Ujjayini-puri, Gargarat, Kurukṣetra, and Meru.5 (v) List of the Surya-siddhanta. Räkṣasālaya (i.e., Lankā), Devauka Saila (i.e., Meru), Rohitaka (modern Rohtak), Avanti, and Sannihita Sara7. A rule for finding the distance of a place from the prime meridian: 3-4. Subtract the degrees of the latitude of one of the places (lit. towns) mentioned above from the degrees of the (local) latitude; then multiply (the degrees of the difference) by 3299 minus 8/25, and divide (the product) by the number of degrees in a circle (i.e., by 360). The resulting yojanas constitute the upright (koti). The oblique distance between the local ¹ VSi, chapter I, section ix, stanzas 1-2. 2 A compound word giving the names of two places which probably correspond to Pāṇāṭa and Misitapuri mentioned in the text. 3 Sise, ii. 95-97. 4 Comm. on SiDVṛ, I, i. 55. 5 KKu, i. 14. 6 SMSi, i. 62.
- Sannihita Sara is in Kurukṣetra. See Kalyāṇa, Tirthānka, p. 79.
