Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 50
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
सैरिष्ठा ब्रह्मपुरकास्तथैव वनवाह्यकाः ।
किरातकौशिका नन्दा जनाः पह्णवलोलनाः ॥
sairiṣṭhā brahmapurakās tathaiva vanavāhyakāḥ | kirātakauśikā nandā janāḥ pahṇavalolanāḥ ||
The Sairiṣṭhas, the Brahmapurakas, and likewise the Vanavāhyakas; the Kirāta-kauśikas, the Nandas, and the people called Pahṇavalolanas.
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FAQs
The inclusion of forest-associated groups (vanavāhyaka, kirāta) emphasizes that the Purāṇic social universe extends beyond settled agrarian polities; dharma operates across diverse lifeways.
Sthāna (world description), specifically ethnographic enumeration.
‘Forest’ peoples often represent liminality—zones where social norms are thinner and nature is stronger—serving as symbolic reminders of the primal layers underlying civilized order.