Sovīra untranslated

Sovīra. A country mentioned in the Mahā Govindasutta (DN.ii.235), and again in the Ādittajātaka (Ja 424). (Ja.iii.470; cf. Mil.359, where it is mentioned as a place to be visited by sea). In the time of King Reṇu, Bharata was king of Sovīra, and Roruka was its capital.

Cunningham identifies Sovīra with Eder, a district in the province of Gujarat, at the head of the gulf of Cambay (Ancient Geography of India, p.569f.; he identifies Sauvīra with Sophir or Ophir; cf. Hopkins, Great Epic, 373, 474.).

The compound Sindhusovīra (e.g., Vv-a.332) suggests that Sovīra was situated between the Indus and the Jhelum.

Sovīrajātaka. See the Ādittajātaka (Ja 424).