Maesolus(94 words)
[German version]
(Μαισῶλος; Maisôlos). Indian river, has its source in the Orudia mountain range (unclear according to [1]) and flows south to the Gulf of the Ganges (Ptol. 7,1,15; 37). Either modern Godavari or rather Kistna (Krishna) at whose delta the city of Masulipatam still lies today. Dey [2] also equates the name of the river M. with Old Indian Mahāósāla, a place of pilgrimage on the Godavari.
Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki)
Bibliography
1 O. Stein, s.v. Ὀρούδια, RE 18, 1526f.
2 N. L. Dey, The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India, 1927.
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Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki),
“Maesolus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 06 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e718520>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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