Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 11
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
पूर्वे किराता यस्यान्ते पश्चिमे यवनाः स्थिताः आन्ध्रा दक्षिमते वीर तुरुष्कास्त्वपि चोत्तरे
pūrve kirātā yasyānte paścime yavanāḥ sthitāḥ āndhrā dakṣimate vīra turuṣkāstvapi cottare
À son extrémité orientale se trouvent les Kirātas ; à l’extrémité occidentale demeurent les Yavanas. Au sud sont les Āndhras, ô héros, et au nord aussi les Turuṣkas.
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FAQs
The verse reflects a Purāṇic habit of situating communities in a shared world-map; it can be read as acknowledging plural human habitats around a central realm, reminding the listener that dharma operates amid diversity and frontiers.
Again aligns with Sthāna/cosmography (and its ethnographic adjuncts), not with creation cycles (sarga/pratisarga) or dynastic narration (vamśa).
Directional peoples serve as ‘edge markers’ of the known world. Such lists also preserve historical memory of contacts (trade, conflict, diplomacy) by encoding them into cosmographic description.