Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 45
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
अम्बाला मालवा मद्रा वेणुकाः सवदन्तिकाः ।
पिङ्गला मानकलहा हूणाः कोहलकाश्च तथा ॥
ambālā mālavā madrā veṇukāḥ savadantikāḥ | piṅgalā mānakalahā hūṇāḥ kohalakās tathā ||
The Ambālās, the Mālavas, the Madrās, the Veṇukas, and the Savadantikas; the Piṅgalas, the Mānakalahas, the Hūṇas, and also the Kohalakas.
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FAQs
The Purāṇic world is not limited to the ‘Ārya’ heartland; it includes peoples known for power, migration, or conflict (e.g., Hūṇas), implying that historical change and cultural plurality are encompassed within cosmic time.
Sthāna (world description). When correlated with dynastic narratives elsewhere, such lists help situate Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita geographically, but here it remains primarily cosmographic.
Named groups can be read as ‘directions’ or ‘forces’ within the manifest world—some stable (Mālava, Madrā), some disruptive (Hūṇa)—mirroring the interplay of order and upheaval within prakṛti.