Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana
by Chaitali Kadia | 2021 | 91,183 words
This page relates ‘Saptadvipa (4): Krauncadvipa� of the study on the historical elements of the Matsya-purana: one of the eighteen Mahapuranas which are Sanskrit texts that have preserved the cultural heritage, philosophy, religion, geography, etc of ancient India. This Matsyapurana was originally written in 20,000 verses and deals with topics such as architecture, ancient history, polity, religion and philosophy.
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Sapta屹ī貹 (4): ñ屹ī貹
The ñ屹ī貹 is a famous one among the seven 屹ī貹 . Almost all the Mahā ʳܰṇas give description about the 屹ī貹 . There are the descriptions of the ñ屹ī貹 in the Matsya ʳܰṇa , chapter 122. According to the Matsya ʳܰṇa its expansion is twice the extent of the Kuśa屹ī貹 . Like quern, the ҳṛt岵 is surrounded on all sides by the ñ屹ī貹 . There is a Mountain named �Devan � in this 屹ī貹 . There is a Mountain named �Govinda � after �Devan � Mountain. After �Govinda � is the first Mountain named �ñ �. After the �ñ � there is a Mountain called �屹Բ첹 �. After the �屹Բ첹 � there is a Mountain named �Ի첹 �. Similarly, there is a Mountain after �Ի첹 � named �ٱ屹ṛt � and after �ٱ屹ṛt � a huge Mountain is situated named �ʳṇḍī첹 �. These seven Mountains of the ñ屹ī貹 are all full of many gems and stones.
The name of the region of the ñ Mountain is �ś �. The region of the �峾Բ � Mountain is called �Manoanuga �. After the �Manoanuga � the third is called �ṣṇ � region. After the �ṣṇ � it is �屹Բ첹 �, followed by �屹Բ첹 �, �Ի첹 � and after �Ի첹 � is �ѳܲԾś �. The country is called �Dundubhisvana � after �ѳܲԾś �. This country is covered with the Siddhas and ṇa . The residents of this place are often fair and supremely pure.
Holy and prosperous rivers also flow in every ṣa of this 屹ī貹 . The �Ҳܰī �, �Kumudvati �, �Ի �, �ٰ �, �ѲԴᲹ �, �پ �, and �ʳṇḍī ’–these seven types of �ҲԲ � are told. There are thousands of other rivers, which are filled with inundated water flowing in the side of them, which have been found in these major rivers.[1]
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Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch.�122/78�91