Shloka 50
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
सैरिष्ठा ब्रह्मपुरकास्तथैव वनवाह्यकाः ।
किरातकौशिका नन्दा जनाः पह्णवलोलनाः ॥
sairiṣṭhā brahmapurakās tathaiva vanavāhyakāḥ | kirātakauśikā nandā janāḥ pahṇavalolanāḥ ||
ਸੈਰਿਸ਼ਠ, ਬ੍ਰਹਮਪੁਰਕ ਅਤੇ ਵਨਵਾਹ੍ਯਕ; ਕਿਰਾਤ-ਕੌਸ਼ਿਕ, ਨੰਦ ਅਤੇ ਪਹ੍ਣਵਲੋਲਨ ਨਾਮ ਵਾਲੇ ਲੋਕ।
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FAQs
The inclusion of forest-associated groups (vanavāhyaka, kirāta) emphasizes that the Purāṇic social universe extends beyond settled agrarian polities; dharma operates across diverse lifeways.
Sthāna (world description), specifically ethnographic enumeration.
‘Forest’ peoples often represent liminality—zones where social norms are thinner and nature is stronger—serving as symbolic reminders of the primal layers underlying civilized order.