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CULTURAL DATA IN TILAKAMANJARI
``दधिमुखाभिधानमहाधराधरेन्द्रषोडशक-परिक्षेपणीनां
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जम्बूद्वीपपरिमाणमण्डलाकृतीनां......
महापुष्करिणीनाम्"
" अस्यैव जम्बूद्वीपस्य द्वीपभूतो भारतेवर्षे दूरदर्शितोच्छ्रायेण शिखरवर्ष्मणा निरुद्धभानुरथगतिः सानुमानेकशृंगो रत्नकूटश्च य प्रकटनामास्ति।"
उष्णीषपट्टमिव जम्बूद्वीप referring to Vaitādhya in above alone with
जम्बूद्वीपस्य परिमाणपरिमण्डलाकृतिनां, जम्बूद्वीपस्य द्वीपभूतो भारतेवर्षे..... उष्णीषपट्टमिव जम्बूद्वीपस्य मानसूत्रमिव भारतवर्षस्य, '
followed by
सीमन्तमिव भुवः, हारमिव वैश्रवणहरितः
are significant.
At the first instance it implies that Jambudvipa ranges were very vast in dimensions where in Bhāratavarṣa is one of the dvīpa, having vaitāḍhya mountain for its measuring rod. The same mountain is the head wrap of the Jambudvipa, the parting line of the earth and a necklace of the Northern direction. It is an arm of the Kṣiroda, a counterpart to Himalaya clinging to the Eastern and the Western oceans, deriding even Kailāśa with the upshooting sheen of its body stealing the shine of moon, producing thousands of Gangas out of envy for Himalaya, feeling jealous even of Sumeru, vying even with Mandara. बाहुरिव क्षीरोदस्य, विशालक 'कावष्टधभूतलं प्रतिपक्षमिव हिमवतः पूर्वापरोदधिवेलावलग्नमुदकपानतृष्णया जीर्णसंवर्तकाम्बुदसंघातमिव युगान्तसमयमुदीक्ष्यमाणम्, इन्दुद्युतिमुषा देहप्रभोल्लासेन पौलस्त्यहस्तोल्लासितं कैलासमिव हसन्तम् प्रकटितबहुस्रोतसा निर्झरनिवहेन तुहिनशैलस्पर्धया जाह्रवीसहस्राणीव सृजन्तम्, सुमेरुमहिमाभ्यसूयया निःश्वासानिव विमुञ्चन्तम् ।
According to Dr. B.C. Law Bharatavarṣa was just one of the nine varsas or countries constituting the nine main divisions of Jambu dvīpa.3
According to Dr. Rāmakumāra Roy Jambudvipa is that ancient region that ranges between the area south of Nīlagiri and Sudarsana to the north of Nisadha. It derives its name from the name of the tree of the same appellation. The juice of the fruits of this tree streaming down into the form of a rivulet and circumambulating the Meru mount reaches Uttarakuruvarṣa on the testimony of Mahabharata and identifies it to the north of mountain called Saumanasa on the testimony of Rāmāyaṇa.*
3. HGA-I p. 11.
4. Mbh. Kosa p. 277. Rām. Kośa p. 117.
1. TM Vol. I p. 116, TM 407 Sm. ed. Text seems to be faulty in so far as it has द्वीपभूतो qualifying Ekaśṛnga. It should be a qualifying Dharatevarṣe.
2. Ibid. Vol. III pp. 137-138.
