the name given to a great part of the west coast of the peninsula, on this side of the Ganges, from the kingdom of Baglala to Cape Comorin, or only from the north extremity of the kingdom of Canara as far as Cape Comorin. It is bounded by the mountains of Balligate on the east; by Deccan on the north; and on the west and south is washed by the Indian sea.