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Shloka 54

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

तोशलाः कोशलाश्चैव त्रैपुरा वैदिशास्तथा ।

तुम्बुरास्तुम्बुलाश्चैव पटवो नैषधेः सह ॥

tośalāḥ kośalāścaiva traipurā vaidiśāstathā / tumburāstumbulāścaiva paṭavo naiṣadheḥ saha

తోశలులు, కోశలులు; త్రైపురులు, వైదిశులు; తుంబురులు, తుంబులులు; మరియు పటవులు నైషధులతో కలిసి.

tośalāḥToshalas
tośalāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottośala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
kośalāḥKosalas
kośalāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkośala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
evaindeed/also
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
traipurāḥTraipuras
traipurāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottraipura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaidiśāḥVaidishas
vaidiśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaidiśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय) meaning 'so/likewise'
tumburāḥTumburas
tumburāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottumbura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
tumbulāḥTumbulas
tumbulāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottumbula (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
evaindeed/also
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
paṭavaḥPatavas
paṭavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpaṭava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
naiṣadheḥof the Naishadha (kingdom/people)
naiṣadheḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootnaiṣadha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
FormPostposition/indeclinable meaning 'with' (सहार्थक अव्यय); here text shows genitive, but expected construction is instrumental; taken as 'along with Naishadha' per usage
Not Devī Māhātmya; continuing janapada listing.

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Such lists are mnemonic devices—supporting oral transmission and shared reference points for pilgrimage routes, alliances, and cultural memory.

Auxiliary descriptive layer accompanying Purāṇic historical/lineage frameworks.

Enumerations can be treated as ‘nāma-japa’ of the land—reciting names sacralizes space through sound.