Varaha Purana 82.19: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 19
The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division
कालाम्रवृक्षाः पुरुषाः श्वेताः पद्मवर्णिनः स्त्रियः कुमुदवर्णा दशवर्षसहस्राणि तेषामायुः ।
kālāmravṛkṣāḥ puruṣāḥ śvetāḥ padmavarṇinaḥ striyaḥ kumudavarṇā daśavarṣasahasrāṇi teṣām āyuḥ
そこでは、 पुरुष（男たち）はカ―ラ―ムラ樹の色合いを帯び、しかも白いと説かれる。 स्त्री（女たち）は蓮華の色で、クムダの色調を具える。彼らの寿命は一万年である。
Varāha
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Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Geography","Cosmology","Cultural Anthropology"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: mythic-human habitat zone within puranic cosmology
Related Themes: Varaha Purana, cosmography sequence around Adhyaya 82 describing regions, mountains, waters, and inhabitants
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FAQs
It exemplifies Purāṇic ethnographic description, using botanical and floral color terms to characterize inhabitants and to signal cosmological time-scales via extraordinary lifespans.
No single modern location is specified; the verse continues a mytho-geographic description of peoples associated with a named region in the chapter’s cosmography.
The passage is descriptive rather than prescriptive; it implicitly conveys a worldview where human communities are understood in relation to natural imagery (trees, lotuses), linking culture and environment.
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