Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 50
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
सैरिष्ठा ब्रह्मपुरकास्तथैव वनवाह्यकाः ।
किरातकौशिका नन्दा जनाः पह्णवलोलनाः ॥
sairiṣṭhā brahmapurakās tathaiva vanavāhyakāḥ | kirātakauśikā nandā janāḥ pahṇavalolanāḥ ||
赛里什塔（Sairiṣṭha）、梵摩城民（Brahmapuraka），以及瓦那瓦希亚迦（Vanavāhyaka）；又有基罗多-考施迦（Kirāta-kauśika）、难陀（Nanda），并称为帕赫那瓦罗罗那（Pahṇavalolana）之民。
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FAQs
The inclusion of forest-associated groups (vanavāhyaka, kirāta) emphasizes that the Purāṇic social universe extends beyond settled agrarian polities; dharma operates across diverse lifeways.
Sthāna (world description), specifically ethnographic enumeration.
‘Forest’ peoples often represent liminality—zones where social norms are thinner and nature is stronger—serving as symbolic reminders of the primal layers underlying civilized order.