Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 37
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
वाह्लीका वाटधानाश्च आभीराः कालतोयकाः अपरान्तास्तथा शूद्राः पह्लावाश्च सखेटकाः
vāhlīkā vāṭadhānāśca ābhīrāḥ kālatoyakāḥ aparāntāstathā śūdrāḥ pahlāvāśca sakheṭakāḥ
ఇవాటిలో వాహ్లీకులు, వాటధానులు, ఆభీరులు, కాలతోయకులు; అలాగే అపరాంతులు, శూద్రులు, పహ్లవులు, సఖేటకులు కూడా ఉన్నారు।
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FAQs
The verse functions descriptively rather than prescriptively: it situates the Purāṇa’s sacred landscape within a broader human geography, implying that dharma and pilgrimage discourse addresses a world of diverse peoples beyond a single region.
Best aligned with ancillary material supporting Vamśānucarita/Manvantara-style world descriptions (often folded into ‘vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita’ or general cosmographical-ethnographical narration rather than sarga/pratisarga proper).
Lists of ‘janapadas’ and ‘jātis’ symbolically universalize the text’s scope: sacred order (dharma) is portrayed as spanning many lands and cultures, mapping the moral-religious cosmos onto the inhabited world.