Shloka 45
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
अथापरे जनपदा दक्षिणापथवासिनः । पुण्ड्राश्च केवलाश्चैव गोलाङ्गूलास्तथैव च ॥
athāpare janapadā dakṣiṇāpathavāsinaḥ / puṇḍrāśca kevalāścaiva golāṅgūlāstathaiva ca
இப்போது மற்ற நாடுகளைச் சொல்கிறேன்—தக்ஷிணாபதத்தில் வாழ்பவர்கள்: புண்ட்ரர், கேவலர், மேலும் கோலாங்கூலர்.
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FAQs
The Dakṣiṇāpatha is treated as an integral segment of the inhabited world; the purāṇic map is pan-regional, not confined to a single ‘heartland.’
Cosmography (bhū-varṇana) embedded within the Purāṇa’s broader historical framework.
Directional movement (north → east → south) can be read as a ritual circumambulation of Bhārata in text-form, a literary pradakṣiṇā.