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
Les Brahmottaras, les Prāvijayas, les Bhārgavas et les Keśavaras ; les Prāgjyotiṣas et les Śūdras ; les Videhas et les 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.