Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� - [pur膩峁嘺m - ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
[Vol. VI., No. 2
The Nine Dvipas of
for some continental
(On the nine dvipas, vide Chaudhuri, S. B.
Bh膩ratavarsa, IA, Vol. 59, pp. 204 ff.;
notices on the divisions of India, vide Chaudhuri S. B., Journal
of Indian History, Vol. XXVII Pt. III, December 1949, pp. 237
ff.). The concept of nine divisions was also known to foreigners.
St. Epiphanious (end of the 4th century) recorded that India was
formerly divided into nine kingdoms (Chaudhuri S. B., ibid Journal
of Indian History Vol. XXVII p. 241; Yules Travels of Marco
Polo, ed. by Cordier, Vol. II., p. 432, but in the opinion of Yule
it is a traditional number (Yule, ibid, p., 199, fn. 10; Chaudhuri
S. B., op. cit., p. 241).
92. Bharadv膩jas:
S.V. Bh膩rata. Atris and Bharadv膩jas
are mentioned together. It may be "The north-western country
beyond the Indus on the west (as the home of there tribes"
(Chaudhuri S. B., Ethnic Settlements in Ancient India, p., 134).
93. Bhojas: S. V. Bh膩rata. The Bhojas branched off
from the Haihaya-group (43.48). They are said to be the sons of
Druhyu, the son of Yay膩ti (34.30; 44.69). The people of the
country of Bhoja were disturbed by Hiranyakasipu, when the
latter came on the battle-field with Narasimha (163.72). Dr.
B. C. Law remarks that they should be identified with the
'Baktrioi' occupying the country near Archosia in Ptolemy's time
(op. cit, p. 153, 9A, 1884, p. 408). Elsewhere Dr. B. C. Law
observes that it "coincides with Berar or ancient Vidarbha and
Cammaka four miles south-east of Elichpur in the Amraoti district'
(Law B. C., op. cit. p. 144; See also 145). According to Pargiter
some of them lived in the north-east of Gujarat and Saur膩峁ａ弓ra
(as
Yadava), while some lived on the extreme western end of the
Vindhya range (Tr. p. 342). (On Bhojas, vide also Chaudhuri
S. B., op. cit., pp. 108 ff.).
94. Bindusaras: S. V. Ganges and Hiranya艣峁沶ga.
95. Brahm膩varta: This is said to be an abode of Brahm膩
(190-7-8) as well as a pitr-tirtha (22.69) and the offering of pindas
here is believed to be highly efficacious (191.70.71). Thus there
are two Brahm膩vartas; the one mentioned in 190.7-8 may be
