Shloka 42
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
क्रौञ्चाः कुरुवकाः चैव क्षुद्रवीणाश्च ये जनाः ।
रसालयाः सकैकेयाः भोगप्रस्थाः सयामुनाः ॥
krauñcāḥ kuruvakāś caiva kṣudravīṇāś ca ye janāḥ / rasālayā sakaikeyā bhogaprasthāḥ sayāmunāḥ
Les Krauñca, les Kuruvaka et les Kṣudravīṇa — ces peuples ; les Rasālaya avec les Kaikeya ; et les Bhogaprastha avec les Yāmuna (sont aussi énumérés).
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FAQs
By listing both famous (Kaikeya, Yāmuna) and obscure groups together, the Purāṇa asserts a single cultural cosmos that includes center and periphery.
Sthāna (regional description) with occasional hints of Vaṃśānucarita when recognizable peoples imply historical lineages.
The juxtaposition of river-linked peoples (Yāmunas) with other ethnonyms suggests that waterways act as ‘lifelines’ in the sacred body, binding disparate communities into one mandala.