Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 49

The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Devanagari script

पौरिकः सौशिकाश्चैव अश्मका भोगवर्द्धनाः वैषिकाः कुन्दला अन्ध्रा उद्भिदा नलकारकाः दाक्षिणात्या जनपदास्त्विमे शालकटङ्कटः

Transliteration

paurikaḥ sauśikāścaiva aśmakā bhogavarddhanāḥ vaiṣikāḥ kundalā andhrā udbhidā nalakārakāḥ dākṣiṇātyā janapadāstvime śālakaṭaṅkaṭaḥ

Translation

وهذه هي الجَنَپَدات الجنوبية: الباوريكا (Paurika) والسوشيكا (Sauśika)؛ والأشمكا (Aśmaka) والبهوغفردّھنا (Bhogavarddhana)؛ والڤايشيكا (Vaiṣika)، والكوندلا (Kuṇḍala)، والأندھرا (Andhra)، والأُدبهِدا (Udbhida)، والنلاكاركا (Nalakāraka)؛ وكذلك الشالاكَطَنْكَطَ (Śālakaṭaṅkaṭa).

Word by Word

• paurikāḥ: Paurikas
• paurikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana (reading normalized from paurikaḥ to plural by context)

• sauśikāḥ: Sauśikas
• sauśikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sauśika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• eva: indeed/also
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle

• aśmakāḥ: Aśmakas
• aśmakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• bhoga-varddhanāḥ: Bhoga-varddhanas
• bhoga-varddhanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga + varddhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• vaiṣikāḥ: Vaiṣikas
• vaiṣikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• kundalāḥ: Kundalas
• kundalāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kundala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• andhrāḥ: Andhras
• andhrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• udbhidāḥ: Udbhidas
• udbhidāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udbhid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• nala-kārakāḥ: Nala-kārakas
• nala-kārakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nala + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• dākṣiṇātyāḥ: Southerners (Dākṣiṇātyas)
• dākṣiṇātyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dākṣiṇātya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• janapadāḥ: countries/peoples
• janapadāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janapada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• tu: and/indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• ime: these
• ime: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• śāla-kaṭaṅkaṭāḥ: Śālas and Kaṭaṅkaṭas
• śāla-kaṭaṅkaṭāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāla + kaṭaṅkaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana (normalized from śālakaṭaṅkaṭaḥ to plural by context)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa narrative framing)

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Puranic Ethnography
• Tirtha-Mahatmya framing (contextual)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse functions less as moral instruction and more as a Purāṇic mapping of the inhabited world; it situates sacred narration within a comprehensible human geography, implying that dharma and pilgrimage networks extend across many peoples and regions.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It aligns most closely with Bhūmi/Deśa-varṇana within the broader purāṇic descriptive material (often embedded under sarga/pratisarga world-description segments rather than vamśānucarita).

What is the symbolic significance?

Lists of janapadas symbolically universalize the Purāṇic sacred landscape: many communities are included within the orbit of dharma and tīrtha-culture, not restricted to a single region or lineage.