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पांड्य (pAMDya)

 
Apte 1890
English
पांड्य N. of a country in the extreme south of India, and lying to the south-west of Choladeśa. The mountain Malaya and the river Tāmraparṇī fix its position indisputably
cf. B. R. 3. 31. It may be identified with the modern Tinnevelly. The holy island of Rāmeśvara belonged to this kingdom, Kālidāsa calls the capital of Pāṇḍya-deśa the ‘serpent-town’, which is probably the same as Negapattan 160 miles south of Madras
cf. R. 6. 59-64.
L R Vaidya
English
pAMqya {% (I) m. pl. %} Name of a country and its inhabitants, R.iv.49.
pAMqya {% (II) m. %} A king of that country, R.vi.60.