Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 45
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
ब्रह्मोत्तरा प्राविजया भार्गवाः केशवर्राः प्रग्ज्योतिषाश्च शूद्रश्च विदेहास्ताम्रलिप्तकाः
brahmottarā prāvijayā bhārgavāḥ keśavarrāḥ pragjyotiṣāśca śūdraśca videhāstāmraliptakāḥ
Die Brahmottaras, Prāvijayas, Bhārgavas und Keśavaras; die Prāgjyotiṣas und die Śūdras; die Videhas und die Tāmraliptakas.
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FAQs
The Purāṇa preserves collective knowledge of regions and identities; the takeaway is civilizational continuity—remembering lands and peoples as part of a single mapped world that underwrites pilgrimage, polity, and shared dharma.
Sarga-style descriptive material (cosmography/geography) functioning as ancillary ‘world-description’ within the Purāṇic framework rather than a direct Vāmana-Bali or ritual prescription passage.
By naming far-flung regions (Prāgjyotiṣa, Videha, Tāmralipti), the text symbolically extends the sacred-cultural horizon of Bhārata, integrating borderlands and renowned centers into one Purāṇic mental map.