Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
तोशलाः कोशलाश्चैव त्रैपुरा वैदिशास्तथा ।
तुम्बुरास्तुम्बुलाश्चैव पटवो नैषधेः सह ॥
tośalāḥ kośalāścaiva traipurā vaidiśāstathā / tumburāstumbulāścaiva paṭavo naiṣadheḥ saha
ชาวโตศละและชาวโกศละ; ชาวไตรปุระและชาวไวทิศะ; ชาวตุมพุระและชาวตุมพุล; และชาวปฏวะพร้อมชาวไนษธะ
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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.