Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 41

The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Devanagari script

आत्रेयाः सभरद्वाजाः प्रस्थलाश्च दशेरकाः लम्पकास्तावकारामाः शूलिकास्तङ्गणैः सहा

Transliteration

ātreyāḥ sabharadvājāḥ prasthalāśca daśerakāḥ lampakāstāvakārāmāḥ śūlikāstaṅgaṇaiḥ sahā

Translation

ആത്രേയർ ഭാരദ്വാജരോടുകൂടെ; പ്രസ്ഥലരും ദശേരകരും; ലമ്പകർ, താവകാരാമർ, ശൂലികർ—തംഗണരോടൊപ്പം—(ഇവർ ജനപദങ്ങൾ).

Word by Word

• आत्रेयाः: the Ātreyas (a people/lineage)
• आत्रेयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स-भरद्वाजाः: those with the Bharadvājas
• स-भरद्वाजाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक) + स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थक-पूर्वपद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सहितार्थे ‘with Bharadvājas’)

• प्रस्थलाः: the Prasthalās
• प्रस्थलाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction ‘and’)

• दशेरकाः: the Daśerakas
• दशेरकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशेरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• लम्पकाः: the Lampakas
• लम्पकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तावकारामाः: the Tāvakārāmas (lit. ‘your parks’; a named group)
• तावकारामाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक) + आराम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘tāvaka’ = ‘your/thy’ → ‘your gardens/parks’)

• शूलिकाः: the Śūlikas
• शूलिकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तङ्गणैः: with the Taṅgaṇas
• तङ्गणैः: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह-कारक; सहार्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable expressing accompaniment ‘together with’)

Speakers

• Not stated in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada framework in Vāmana Purāṇa
• but unconfirmed for this verse)

Key Themes

• Purāṇic geography
• Lineage/tribal catalogues
• Regional nomenclature

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

By placing Brahmanical gotra-like names (Ātreya, Bhāradvāja) alongside regional ethnonyms, the text reflects how identity is layered—lineage, locality, and culture—within Purāṇic historiography.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

As with other catalogue-verses, it is supporting cosmography and human-world description used by Purāṇas to contextualize dynasties and sacred regions; it is not directly sarga/pratisarga, but ancillary to the Purāṇic world-model.

What is the symbolic significance?

The juxtaposition of ‘ṛṣi-lineage’ labels with frontier ethnonyms symbolically bridges the ‘Vedic interior’ and ‘regional exterior,’ suggesting a continuum rather than a strict binary in the Purāṇic social map.