Shloka 44

Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Sanskrit

प्राग्ज्योतिषाश्च मद्राश्च विदेहास्ताम्रलिप्तकाः । मल्ला मगधगोमन्ताः प्राच्या जनपदाः स्मृताः ॥

Transliteration

prāgjyotiṣāśca madrāśca videhāstāmraliptakāḥ / mallā magadhagomantāḥ prācyā janapadāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

Prāgjyotiṣa, Madrā, Videha dan Tāmraliptaka; Malla, Magadha dan Gomanta—semuanya diingati sebagai negeri-negeri timur.

Speakers

• Paurāṇic narrator (geographical enumeration; frame-speaker not explicit in the given excerpt)

Key Themes

• Geography
• Prācya janapadas
• Cultural memory of ancient regions