Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 55
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
अनूपास्तुण्डिकेराश्च वीतहोत्रास्त्ववन्तयः सुकेशे वन्ध्यमूलस्थस्त्विमे जनपदाः स्मृताः
anūpāstuṇḍikerāśca vītahotrāstvavantayaḥ sukeśe vandhyamūlasthastvime janapadāḥ smṛtāḥ
اَنُوپ، تُنڈِکیر، وِیتہوتر اور اَوَنتَی؛ سُکیش میں رہنے والے اور وِندھْیَ کے دامن (مُول) میں بسنے والے—یہ جنپد یاد کیے گئے ہیں۔
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FAQs
‘Smṛtāḥ’ highlights the Purāṇic method: preserving collective memory. The ethical undertone is continuity—communities and landscapes are held within transmitted tradition that supports dharma.
Falls under supportive cosmographical/regional description used alongside genealogies and narratives (closest to vaṃśānucarita-supporting material rather than creation cycles).
Referencing the Vindhya-root situates peoples along a famed boundary-mountain, symbolizing liminality: even frontier zones are incorporated into the Purāṇic sacred-political imagination.