Cosmography according to the Vayu
mountains
east of Arun.a uda |
south of Manasa uda |
west of Sita uda |
north of Maha-bhadra uda |
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1:36:18-20 |
1:36:22-25 |
1:36:27-29 |
1:36:31-32 |
1 |
S`ita-anta |
Tri-s`ikhara |
Su-vaks.as |
S`anku-kut.a |
2 |
Ku-mun~ja |
S`is`ira |
S`ikhi-s`aila |
Maha-s`aila |
3 |
"excellent" Su-vira |
Kalinga |
Kala |
Vr.s.bha (again !) |
4 |
Vi-kanka |
Patan-ga |
Vaidurya |
Hamsa |
5 |
Man.i-s`ila |
Rucaka (again !) |
Kapila |
Naga |
6 |
Vr.s.bha "best" |
Sanu-mant |
Pingala |
Kapila |
7 |
Maha-nila |
Tamra-abha |
Rudra |
Indra-s`aila |
8 |
Rucaka |
Vi-s`akha |
Su-rasa |
Sanu-mant |
9 |
Sa-bindu Mandara |
S`veta-udara |
Mahacala |
Nila |
10 |
Ven.u-mant |
Sa-mula |
Kumuda |
Kanaka-s`r.nga |
11 |
Su-medha |
Vis.a-dhara |
Madhuman |
S`ata-s`r.nga |
12 |
Nis.adha |
Ratna-dhara |
An~jani-mukut.a |
Pus.paka |
13 |
Deva-s`aila |
Eka-s`r.nga |
Kr.s.n.a |
Megha-s`aila |
14 |
Maha-mula |
Pan.d.ara |
"excellent" Viraja |
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15 |
Gaja-s`aila |
Sahasra-s`khara |
"leading" Ja-rudhi |
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16 |
Pis`acaka |
Pari-yatra |
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17 |
Pan~ca-s`aila |
Tri-s`r.nga |
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18 |
Kailasa |
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19 |
"excellent" Hima-vat |
valleys
1: |
betw. range |
& range |
y.-s |
by y.-s |
moisture, etc. |
deity there |
vegetation |
:37:1-15 |
S`ita-anta |
Kumun~ja |
300 |
100 |
S`ri-saras lake, containing waterlily |
Laks.mi in waterlily |
"S`ri-vana" Bilva forest |
:37:16-21 |
Vi-kanka |
Man.i-s`aila |
100 |
200 |
Kas`yapa Praja-pati |
Campaka forest |
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:37:22-25 |
Maha-nila |
Kumun~ja |
50 |
100 |
Sukha river |
bhadra-elephant Aira-vata |
Kumuda & An~jana forest |
:37:26-27 |
Ven.u-mant |
Su-medha |
100 |
1,000 |
Durva prairie |
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:37:28-29 |
Nis.adha |
Deva |
100 |
1,000 |
ankle-deep water |
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:38:2-7 |
S`is`ira |
Patan-ga |
circle: |
diam. 100 |
Kardama Praja-pati |
Udumbara forest |
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:38:8-17 |
Tamra-varn.a |
Patan-ga |
30 |
100 |
"highly sacred lake", 100 * 200 y.-s, containing [isle-] country |
Puloman |
city of Vidya-dhara-s |
:38:18-22 |
Vi-s`akha |
Patan-ga |
Tamra-varn.a lake |
Kama of 5 arrows |
mango grove |
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:38:22-26 |
Su-mula |
Vasu-dhara |
30 |
50 |
soil is wet & damp |
Bilva-sthali |
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:38:27-32 |
Vasu-dhara |
Ratna-dhara |
30 |
100 |
Surya Praja-pati |
Kims`uka |
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:38:33-34 |
Pan~ca-kut.a |
Kailasa |
36 |
100 |
"an impassible land ... as white as a swan" |
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:38:37-41 |
Su-vaks.a |
S`ikhi-s`aila |
30 |
30 |
"horripilation ... terrible even to gods" 100 y.-s square, containing central zone |
Sam-vartaka (as "Fire-god") |
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:38:42-44 |
"great" mtn. |
"great" mtn. |
10 |
Deva-vapi lake |
Br.has-pati |
"Matu-linga" |
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:38:45-48 |
Kumuda |
An~jana |
Kesara valley |
Vis.n.u |
Bakula trees |
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:38:49-59 |
Kr.s.n.a |
Pan.d.ura |
30 |
90 |
nyagrodha tree |
An-anta |
grove of land-lotuses |
:38:60-62 |
Sahasra-s`ikhara |
Kumuda |
30 |
50 |
a peak, an arrow's range high |
S`ukra |
elephant-fruits |
:38:63-65 |
S`anku-kut.a |
Vr.s.bha |
parus.a fruits |
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:38:66-70 |
Kapin~-jala |
Naga |
100 |
200 |
ura-ga-s |
grapes, pomegranates, aks.ot.aka (walnuts), gingelly |
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:38:71-78 |
Pus.paka |
Maha-megha |
60 |
100 |
caves; lakes with hot water |
Praja-pati |
mountains
1:39: |
mountain |
abodes |
kings |
:2-27 |
S`ita-anta |
great Pari-jata forest |
Maha-indra |
:28-29 |
Kumun~ja |
8 cities of Danava-s |
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:30-31 |
Vajraka |
Nilaka-s |
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:32-33 |
Maha-nila |
15 cities of the horse-faced Kinnara-s |
Deva-sena |
:34 |
"people of different races" |
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:35 |
ura-ga-s |
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:36 |
Su-naga |
1000s of abodes of Daitya-s |
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:37-38 |
Ven.u-manta |
3 cities of Vidya-dhara-s, 50 * 30 y.-s |
Uluka, Romas`a, Maha-netra |
:39-41 |
Vai-kanka |
Garud.a-s |
Su-griva |
:42-43 |
Karan~ja |
Bhuta-s & Pramantha-s |
S`iva |
:44 |
Vasu-dhara |
8 abodes of 8 Vasu-s |
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:45 |
Ratna-dhatu |
7 hermitages of 7 r.s.i-s (sages) |
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:46 |
Hema-s`r.nga |
Praja-pati the 4-faced |
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:47 |
Gaja-s`aila |
Bhuta-s |
Rudra |
:48-50 |
Su-megha |
As`vinau |
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:51 |
Hema-kaks.a |
As`itya (city of Gandharva-s) |
:52 Kapin~-jala (?) |
:52 |
{?} |
a-pattana-s ("cityless") Siddha-s |
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:53 |
Anala |
Raks.asa-s |
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Pan~ca-kut.a |
Danava-s |
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:54 |
S`ata-s`r.nga |
100 cities of Yaks.a-s |
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Tamra-nabha |
Taks.aka son of +Kadru |
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:55 |
Vi-s`akha |
cave |
Guha |
:56 |
S`veta-udara |
Su-nabha son of Garud.a |
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:57 |
Pis`acaka |
Yaks.a-s |
Kubera |
:58 |
Hari-kut.a |
Hari |
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:59 |
Kumuda |
Kinnara-s |
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An~jana |
Naga-s |
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Kr.s.n.a |
Gandharva-s |
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:60 |
Pan.d.ura |
Vidya-dhara-s |
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:61 |
Sahasra-s`ikhara |
1,000 cities of Daitya-s wearing gold necklaces |
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:62 |
Mukut.a |
Pannaga-s |
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Pus.paka |
r.s.i-s (sages) |
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:63 |
Su-paks.a |
Vaivas-vata (Yama), Soma, Vayu |
mountain Deva-kut.a of Su-parn.a (Garud.a) son of +Vinata
1:40: |
locale |
name |
denizens |
y.-s |
* y.-s |
:4 |
king of birds residing in S`almali dvipa |
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:5-7 |
7 southern peaks |
7 cities of Gandha-rva-s |
30 |
40 |
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:8 |
Agneya Gandha-rva-s |
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:9-10 |
northern peaks of mt. Bhuvana |
teeming with serpents |
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:11 |
city of Saimhikeya-s |
circumference: |
30 |
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:12-15 |
Su-nasa |
city of Kalakeya-s |
60 |
100 |
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:16-17 |
city of Autkaca Raks.asa-s |
20 |
62 |
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:18-26 |
Bhuta-vat.a |
city of Bhuta-s |
circle: |
diam. 10 |
8 treasure-cities of Kubera (same as in MP, likewise omitting Kharva) 1:41:10-11
Padma, Maha-padma, Makara, Kacchapa, Kumuda, S`ankha, Nila, Nandana |
divine rivers, flowing through (under) a series of mountains
1:42: |
name |
breadth, in y.-s |
lake (uda) as source |
series of mountains |
:2-11 |
caelestial Ganga |
(:8) 84 |
(:2) the moon (Soma) |
it entereth (:9) Meru, river emerging thence quadripartite (:10-11) |
:12-24 |
Sita (:17) |
Arun.a |
S`ita-anta, Sukun~ja, Su-man~jasa, Malya-vant, Vaikanka, Man.i-parvata, R.s.abha, Jat.hara, Deva-kut.a |
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:25-40 |
Alaka-nanda (:27) |
(:36) 1 |
Manasa |
Tri-s`ikhara, Tri-kut.a, Kalinga, Rucaka, Nis.adha, Tamra-abha, S`veta-udara, Su-mula, Vasu-dhara, Hema-kut.a, Deva-s`r.nga, Maha-s`aila, Pis`acaka, Kailasa, Hima-vat |
:42-57 |
Sita |
Su-paks.a, S`ikhi, Kanka, Vaidurya, Kapila, Gandha-madana, Pin~jara, Sarasa, Kumuda-acala, Madhu-mant, Jana, Mukut.a, kr.s.n.a, S`veta, 1,000-peaked S`aila-indra |
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:58-77 |
Bhadra-soma |
Maha-bhadra |
S`ankha-kut.a, Vr.s.a-parvata, Vatsa-giri, Naga-s`aila, Nila (vars.a mtn.), Kapin~-jala, Indra-nila, Maha-nila, Hema-s`r.nga, S`veta, Su-naga, S`ata, s`r.nga, Pus.kara, Dvi-raja the "su-maha-bala", Varaha-parvata, Maura, Eka-s`ikhara, Jarudhi, Tri-s`r.nga, Vi-ruddha, Su-pars`va |
boulders [-- people live there 10,000 years (:4, :9)] 1:43:
nigh |
boulder, 34,000 y.-s long * 32,000 wide east-to-west |
complexion of inhabitants |
fruit-tree |
:1 Gandha-madana |
:2 Ketu-mala |
black |
:4 Panasa (jackfruit) |
:5 Malya-vat |
:6 Bhadra-as`va |
:7 fair |
:6 Kala-amra (black mango) |
in Bhadra-as`va -- 5 mountains which surround Deva-kut.a 1:43:14
S`aivala, Varn.a-mala-agra, Koran~ja, S`veta-varn.a, Nila |
in Bhadra-as`va 1:43:
:19-23 peoples |
:25-31 rivers |
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Su-mangala-s |
Hamsa-vasati |
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S`uddha-s |
Maha-cakra |
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Candra-kam-ta-s |
Cakra |
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Vrajaka-s |
Vaktra |
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Nila-s`aileya-s |
Kan~ci |
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Sau-vira-s |
Su-rasa |
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Vijaya-sthala-s |
S`akha-vati |
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Maha-sthala-s |
Indra-nadi |
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Su-kama-s |
Megha |
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Maha-kes`a-s |
Mangara-vahini |
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Su-murdha-ja-s |
Kaveri |
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Vataramha-s |
Hari-toya |
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Sopasanga-s |
Soma-avarta |
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Pari-vaya-s |
S`ata-hrada |
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Paracaka-s |
Vana-mala |
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Sambhavaktra-s |
Vasu-mati |
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Maha-netra-s |
Pampa |
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S`aivala-s |
Pampa-vati |
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Stanapa-s |
Su-varn.a |
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Kumuda-s |
Pan~ca-varn.a |
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S`aka-mun.d.a-s |
Vapus.-mati the holy |
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Urah.-sankirn.a-s |
Man.i-vapra |
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Bhaumaka-s |
Su-vapra |
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Sodaka-s |
Brahma-bhaga |
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Vatsaka-s |
S`ila-as`ini |
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Varaha-s |
Kr.s.n.a-toya |
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Hara-vamaka-s |
Pun.ya-uda |
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S`ankha-s |
Naga-padi the auspicious |
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Bhavi-sandra-s |
S`aiva-alini |
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Uttara-s |
Man.i-tat.a |
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Haima-bhaumaka-s |
Ks.ara-uda |
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Kr.s.n.a-bhauma-s |
Arun.a-vati |
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Su-bhauma-s |
Vis.n.u-padi |
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Maha-bhauma-s |
Maha-pun.ya |
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Maha-nadi |
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Hiran.ya-vahini |
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Nila |
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Skanda-mala |
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Sura-vati |
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Vama-uda |
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Pataka |
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Vetali |
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Maha-nadi Ganga |
in Ketu-mala -- the 7 mountain-ranges of which surround mtn. Nis.adha 1:44:4
Vis`ala, Kambala, Kr.s.n.a, Jayanta, Hari-parvata, A-s`oka, Vardha-mana |
in Ketu-mala 1:44:
:9-15 nationalities |
:17-23 rivers |
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Go-manus.ya |
Kambala |
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Kopataka |
Tamasi |
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Tad-sukhas |
S`yama |
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Bhramara |
Su-medha |
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Yutha |
Bakula |
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Maheya |
Vikirn.a |
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Acala-kut.aka |
S`ikhi-mala |
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Su-maula |
Darbha-vati |
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Stavaka |
Bhadra |
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Kraun~ca |
S`uka-nadi |
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Kr.s.n.a-anga |
Palas`a |
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Man.i-pun~jaka |
Bhima |
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Kut.a-kambala |
Prabhan~-jana |
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Maus.iya |
Kan~ci |
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Samudra-antaraka |
Kus`a-vati |
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Karambhava |
Pun.ya-uda |
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Kuca |
Candra-vati |
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S`veta |
Su-mula |
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Suvarn.a-kat.aka |
R.s.abha |
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S`ubha |
Samudra-mala |
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S`veta-anga |
Campa-vati |
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Kr.s.n.a-pada |
Eka-aks.a |
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Viha |
Pus.kala |
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Kapila-karn.ika |
Vaha |
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Atyakarala |
Su-varn.a |
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Go-jvala |
Nandini |
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Hinana |
Kalindi |
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Vana-pataka |
Bharati |
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Mahis.a |
Sita-uda |
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Kumuda-abha |
Patika |
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Karavat.a |
Brahmi |
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Saha-utkaca |
Vis`ala |
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S`uka-nasas |
Pivari |
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Maha-nasa |
Kumbha-kari |
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Vanasa |
Rus.a |
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Gaja-bhumika |
Mahis.i |
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Karan~ja |
Manusi |
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Man~jama |
Dan.d.a |
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Vaha |
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Kis.kindi |
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Pan.d.u-bhumika |
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Kubera |
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Dhuma-ja |
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Janga |
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Vanga |
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Rajiva |
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Kokila |
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Vaca-anga |
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Maha-anga |
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Madha-oreya |
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Su-recaka |
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Pittala |
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Kacala |
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S`ravan.a |
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Matta-kas`ika |
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Godava |
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Bakula |
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Vanga |
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Vangaka |
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Modaka |
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Kala |
Jambu dvipa, south-to-north: northern vars.a-s 1:45:
mountain |
vars.a (district) |
tree |
the people: & their life-span of people, in yrs. |
:2 Nila |
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Raman.aka |
:4 nyagrodha (Indian fig) called Rohin.a |
:5 "excellent": 11,500 |
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:6 S`r.nga-vant, which hath (:10) 3 peaks: the 1st of diamonds, the 2nd of gold, the 3rd of pretious stones |
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:6 Hiran.yata, where river Hairan.yati floweth |
:8 "of unlimited splendour" {a Bauddha heaven}: 12,500 |
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:21 Ja-rudhi the king of mtns. |
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:27 land "flowing with milk, honey, butter and the intoxicant beverage Maireya" |
:31 Tamala, Aguru & sandalwood |
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:43 Candra-kam-ta |
dark |
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Surya-kam-ta |
"dark as well as fair" |
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:54 Kumuda-prabha: in center of sq |
:51-53 Candra-dvipa, shaped like the moon: 1,000 y.-s sq |
:55 "lilies of diverse colours" |
:59 "the people here shine like the moon": (:60) 1,000 |
:61-62 in ocean 4,000 from land: circular isle 10,000 in diam. |
:65 golden complexion: (:66) 500 |
:47 "They do not procreate .... Pairs are born of the tree unlike each other but befitting each other." {like Masya & +Masyanoi, in the Zarathustrian myth}
:48: "The riches are common to all. They do not have the sense of possession. There is ... no virtue, no vice {cf. Dao De Jing} ... no old age ... . On completing their full length of time, they disappear like bubbles of water."
:50 "...they do not observe (the restrictions of) Dharma. For Dharma grows from misery."
upa-vars.a-s of Bharata [:80-81 1,000 * 9,000 y.-s] 1:45:79
Indra-dvipa, Kaseru, Tamra-varn.a, Gabhasti-mant, Naga-dvipa, Saumya, Gandharva, Varun.a |
Jambu dvipa, south-to-north: central vars.a-s 1:46:
mountain |
vars.a (district) |
tree |
the people: & their life-span of people, in yrs. |
:4 Kim-purus.a |
Plaks.a grove; (:7) fig-tree |
:5 golden-complexioned: 10,000 |
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:8 Hari-vars.a |
:9 sugarcane |
:8 yellow in complexion: (:10) 11,000 |
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:11 Ila-vr.ta, (:15-16) 26,000 * 9,000 y.-s, shaped "like a saucer" |
:13 an Jambu fruit-tree, (:24-26) "called Su-dars`ana" 100,000 y.-s tall; the length of the fruit is 861 aratni-s |
where (:12) "the moon, the sun and the stars are dim" [in comparison with the luminosity of the people ?] |
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:17 Gandha-madana 34,000 y.-s long, (:18) 40,000 y.-s tall: (:17) 9,000 y.-s to the west of Meru |
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:19 Malya-vant to the east of Meru |
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:33 Hima-vat |
Raks.asa-s, Pis`aca-s, Yaks.a-s |
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Hema-kut.a |
Gandharva-s & Ap-saras-es |
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:34 Nis.adha |
Naga-s |
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Meru |
the 33 groups of Yajn~ika-s |
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Nila, full of lapis lazuli |
Siddha-s, Brahma-rs.i-s |
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:35 S`veta |
Daitya-s, Danava-s |
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S`r.nga-vant |
Pitr.-s |
Kailasa, environs of
1:47: |
direction |
nigh mountain |
is mountain |
lake |
river |
forest |
deity |
deity's retinue |
:1-3 |
Hima-vat |
Kailasa |
Manda |
Mandakini |
Nandana |
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:4-7 |
north-east |
Su-varn.a |
Candra-prabha |
Acchoda |
Acchoda |
Caitra-ratha |
Man.i-bhadra |
Yaks.a-s |
:9-12 |
south-east |
Pis`anga |
Lohita |
Lohita |
Lauhitya [= Brahma-putra] |
Vi-s`oka |
Man.i-vara Yaks.a |
Guhyaka-s |
:13-16 |
south |
An~jana |
Vaidyuta |
Manasa |
Sarayu |
Vai-bhraja |
Brahma-pata son of Prahetr. the Raks.asa |
Yatu-dhana-s |
:17-22 |
west |
Mun~ja-vat |
Arun.a |
S`aila-uda |
S`aila-uda |
Surabhi |
Dhumra-Lohita |
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:22-40 |
north |
Soma |
Gaura of yellow orpiment |
Bindu-saras |
Bhagi-rathi |
Bhagi-ratha |
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:60-62 |
Hari-s`r.nga |
Vasvokasa |
Kauberaka |
Yajn~a-upeta, Su-mahant, A-mita-ojas, Su-vikrama |
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:63-64 |
Hema-kut.a |
Sayana |
Manas-vini & Jyotis.-mati |
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:64-65 |
Nis.adha |
Vis.n.u-pada |
Gandharvi & Nanvali |
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:66-67 |
Nila |
Payoda |
Pun.d.arika & Payoda |
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:67-68 |
S`veta |
Uttara-manasa |
Jyotsna & Mr.ga-kam-ta |
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:70-71 |
12 Rudra-ajaya-s |
S`anta & Madhvi |
:75 "The twelve mountains entered the ocean because they feared Mahendra who would have cut off their wings."
Vidyut-vant, a continent 3,000 * 1,000 yojana-s in extent, separated from Bharata by an ocean 10,000 y.-s wide1:48:
:8 |
its inhabitants "are black" |
so are Australian aborigines |
:9 |
"They eat fruits and live like monkeys [i.e., without agriculture]. |
so do Australian aborigines |
Like cattle, they follow promiscuous, unconcealed sexual habits." |
so do Australian aborigines on occasion of their religious festivals (Kunapipi & C^angawul) |
Peacock islands (:11) in sea betwixt: Bharata & the continent Vidyut-vant 1:48:
name |
mountain |
mines of __ |
abode of __ |
shrine |
:15 Anga |
:17 Cakra-giri |
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:19 Yama-dvipa |
Dyuti-mant |
gold |
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:20 Malaya dvipa |
:22 [Maha-]Malaya |
silver |
Agastya |
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:24 Kan~cana-pada |
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:26 Tri-kut.a, with city Lanka, (:28) 100 * 30 y.-s |
:29 Raks.asa-s |
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:30 Go-karn.a, shrine of S`ankara |
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:31 S`ankha-dvipa |
:32 S`ankha-giri |
S`ankha-naga |
S`ankha-mukha king of Naga-s |
:35 +Kumuda, sister of Maha-deva |
:36 Varaha |
Varaha |
:39 Varahi |
:37 "densely populated" |
:40 Varaha (Boar) |
Plaks.a dvipa
1:49: |
# |
mountain |
characterization of mountain |
:6 |
1st |
Go-medaka |
"resembling a cloud" |
:7 |
2nd |
Candra |
full of medicinal herbs which were planted by the As`vini Kumara-s |
:8 |
3rd |
Narada |
whereat sages Narada & Parvata were born |
:9 |
4th |
Dundubhi |
whereat a drum was beaten, the sound of which killed living beings |
:10 |
5th |
Somaka |
whence a-mr.ta was taken away by Garud.a for his mother |
:11 |
6th |
Su-manas = R.s.abha |
whereat Hiran.ya-aks.a was killed by Varaha |
:12 |
7th |
Vai-bhraja |
glittering |
:20 "Among them there is no (influence of) Utsarpin.i (evolutionary) and Avasarpin.i (involutionary) eras." [This Puran.a useth Jaina terms for time-cycles ...]
S`almala dvipa
1:49: |
# |
mountain |
characterization of mountain |
:31 |
1st |
Kumuda |
"refulgent as the sun" |
:32 |
2nd |
Unnata |
"full of yellow orpiment" |
:33 |
3rd |
Bala-ahaka |
"With its peaks of collyrium" |
:34 |
4th |
Dron.a |
"where the strong medicinal herbs Vis`alyakaran.i (remover of darts or splinters) and Mr.tasan~jivani (that which re-suscitates the dead) are found." |
:35 |
5th |
Kanka |
of excessive height; endowed with divine flowers and fruits |
:36 |
6th |
Mahis.a |
"A fire, born of water and known as Mahis.a, exists there." |
:37 |
7th |
Kakudman |
showering gems in Prajapatya rite |
S`aka dvipa
1:49: |
# |
mountain |
characterization of mountain |
:77 |
1st |
Ud-aya |
"golden ... abode of divine sages" |
:78-79 |
2nd |
Jala-dhara |
"There is the rainy season" |
:80 |
3rd |
Raivatakas |
mountain "raised by the god Brahma. It is here that the Star Revati is always [in each Manu-antara ?] established in the heavens." |
:81 |
4th |
S`yama |
"due to it ... people got dark complexion from the outset [of kalpa ?]" |
:82 |
5th |
Asta-giri |
"full of silver" |
6th |
Ambikeya |
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:83 |
7th |
Ramya = Kesarin |
"where all medicinal herbs grow" |
:102 "No tax is raised. no punishment is metedd out. There none to punish. They know of virtue by natural righteousness. They protect one another."
Pus.kara dvipa, divided north-to-south in regard to mountain ranges
1:49: |
1/2 continent |
mountain-range |
girth, in y.-s |
stature, in y.-s |
vars.a |
:105-107 |
eastern |
Maha-s`ila |
25,000 |
34,000 |
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:107-109 |
western |
Manasa |
25,000 |
50,000 |
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:112 |
exterior |
Maha-vita |
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interior |
Dhataki |
:115 "None defrauds any; none is jealous. ... nor illegal acceptance of gifts [bribery]."
ANCIENT INDIAN TRADITION AND MYTHOLOGY, Vol. 37. The Vayu Puran.a, Part 1: Purva-ardha, translated by G. V. Tagare, Motilal Banarsidass, 1987
MP = Matsya Puran.a-m