Shloka 43
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
यथा प्रवङ्गा रङ्गेया मानदा मानवर्तिकाः । ब्राह्मोत्तराः प्रविजया भार्गवा ज्ञेयमल्लकाः ॥
yathā pravaṅgā raṅgeyā mānadā mānavartikāḥ / brāhmottarāḥ pravijayā bhārgavā jñeyamallakāḥ
তদ্রূপ পূর্বদেশে আছে প্রবঙ্গ, রঙ্গেয়, মানদ, মানবর্তিক; ব্রাহ্মোত্তর, প্রবিজয়, ভার্গব ও জ্ঞেয়মল্লক।
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FAQs
The verse shows how Purāṇas preserve layered identities—some names are territorial, others lineage-based—indicating that ‘peoplehood’ is remembered through multiple lenses.
Cosmographical listing functioning as contextual material around dynastic and sacred-historical narration.
Lineage-names (e.g., Bhārgava) within geography hint that spiritual ancestry and physical territory are intertwined in purāṇic imagination.