Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 41

The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Devanagari script

आत्रेयाः सभरद्वाजाः प्रस्थलाश्च दशेरकाः लम्पकास्तावकारामाः शूलिकास्तङ्गणैः सहा

Transliteration

ātreyāḥ sabharadvājāḥ prasthalāśca daśerakāḥ lampakāstāvakārāmāḥ śūlikāstaṅgaṇaiḥ sahā

Translation

آتریہ لوگ، بھاردواجوں کے ساتھ؛ پرستھل اور دشیرک؛ لمپک، تاوکاآرام اور شولک—تنگنوں سمیت—(یہ سب قبائل/علاقے ہیں)۔

Word by Word

• आत्रेयाः: the Ātreyas (a people/lineage)
• आत्रेयाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स-भरद्वाजाः: those with the Bharadvājas
• स-भरद्वाजाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक) + स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थक-पूर्वपद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सहितार्थे ‘with Bharadvājas’)

• प्रस्थलाः: the Prasthalās
• प्रस्थलाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction ‘and’)

• दशेरकाः: the Daśerakas
• दशेरकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशेरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• लम्पकाः: the Lampakas
• लम्पकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तावकारामाः: the Tāvakārāmas (lit. ‘your parks’; a named group)
• तावकारामाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक) + आराम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘tāvaka’ = ‘your/thy’ → ‘your gardens/parks’)

• शूलिकाः: the Śūlikas
• शूलिकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तङ्गणैः: with the Taṅgaṇas
• तङ्गणैः: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह-कारक; सहार्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable expressing accompaniment ‘together with’)

Speakers

• Not stated in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada framework in Vāmana Purāṇa
• but unconfirmed for this verse)

Key Themes

• Purāṇic geography
• Lineage/tribal catalogues
• Regional nomenclature

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

By placing Brahmanical gotra-like names (Ātreya, Bhāradvāja) alongside regional ethnonyms, the text reflects how identity is layered—lineage, locality, and culture—within Purāṇic historiography.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

As with other catalogue-verses, it is supporting cosmography and human-world description used by Purāṇas to contextualize dynasties and sacred regions; it is not directly sarga/pratisarga, but ancillary to the Purāṇic world-model.

What is the symbolic significance?

The juxtaposition of ‘ṛṣi-lineage’ labels with frontier ethnonyms symbolically bridges the ‘Vedic interior’ and ‘regional exterior,’ suggesting a continuum rather than a strict binary in the Purāṇic social map.