Uddyotana Suri: Kuvalayamala:
(Bleu Water-lillies) (d 778) India
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Taken from: Kuvalayamala: Praqkrtabhashanibandha campusvarupa mahakatha by
Uddyotana Suri
In the city of Surparaka (1) during a meeting of merchants:
Another said: I went with pearls to the eastern country (probably Assam (2)) and brought fly-whisks.
Another said: I went to Dvaravati (3) and brought conchshells from there.
Another said: I went to the coast of Barabaricum (4) taking fabrics with me and brought superior pearls and ivory (of African origin).
Another said: I went to Suvarna-dvipa (Sumatra) taking flowers of the Palasa (5) tree. …..
(1) Surparaka: modern Nala Sopara in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
(2) Assam: is a state in northeastern India.
(3) Dvaravati: in Thailand.
(4) Barabaricum: on the mouth of the Indus, the furthest eastern settlement of Greeks.
(5) Palasa tree or Palash tree; because of its red flowers described as the forest fire tree. Grows in India and South-East Asia. (Butea monosperma)