[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.55 # Garudapurana 1.55 English (machine translation) 1.55 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.20) — 1 part ### [1.55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.1) Hari said: / In the centre is the realm of Ilāvṛta; Bhadrāśva is in the east, full of wonders; / in the south-east is the realm Hiraṇvān, O bull-bannered god; ### [1.55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.2) then Kimpuruṣa is remembered as the realm south of Meru; / Bhārata is declared to be in the south; Hari is in the south-west; ### [1.55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.3) Ketumāla is in the west, and Ramyaka in the north-west; / and in the north is the realm of Kuru, filled with wishing trees. ### [1.55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.4) Perfection is natural \[to them\], O Rudra, except for Bhārata. / Indradvīpa, Kaśerumat, Tāmravarṇa, Gabhastimat, ### [1.55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.5) Nāgadvīpa, Kaṭāha, Siṃhala, and Vāruṇa; / and this ninth continent among them is surrounded by the ocean. ### [1.55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.6) On its east dwell the Kirātas; on the west are situated the Yavanas; / the Andhras are in the south, O Rudra, and the Turaṣkas in the north. ### [1.55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.7) The brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras dwell in between. / Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Śuktimat, the Ṛkṣa mountain, ### [1.55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.8) Vindhya, and Pāriyātra: these are the seven principal mountain ranges here. / The Vedasmṛti, Narmadā, Varadā, Surasā, Śivā, ### [1.55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.9) Tāpī, Payoṣṇī, Sarayū, Kāverī, and Gomatī, / Godāvarī, Bhīmarathī, Kṛṣṇaveṇī, the Mahānadī, ### [1.55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.10) Ketumālā, Tāmraparṇī, Candrabhāgā, Sarasvatī, / Ṛṣikulyā, Kāverī, Mattagaṅgā, Payasvinī, ### [1.55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.11) Vidarbhā, and Śatadrū: \[these are\] auspicious rivers that remove sins. / People of the Madhyadeśa and elsewhere drink their water. ### [1.55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.12) The Pāñcālas, Kurus, Matsyas, Yaudheyas along with the Paṭaccaras, / the Kuntis, and the Śūrasenas are remembered as peoples of the Madhyadeśa. ### [1.55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.13) O bull-bannered god, the Pādmas, Sūtas, Māgadhas, and Cedis, / the Kāśis, Videhas, and Kosalas are in the east. ### [1.55.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.14) The Kaliṅgas, Vaṅgas, Puṇḍras, Aṅgas, Vaidarbhas, and Mūlakas, / the lands within the Vindhya range, are remembered as being in the south-east. ### [1.55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.15) The Pulindas, Aśmakas, Jīmūtas, the inhabitants of Nayarāṣṭra, / the Karṇāṭas, and dense Kambojas dwell in the southern region. ### [1.55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.16) The Ambaṣṭhas, Draviḍas, Lāṭas, Kāmbhojas, Strīmukhas, Śakas, / and the inhabitants of Ānarta are to be known in the south-west. ### [1.55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.17) The Strīrājyas, Saindhavas, Mlecchas, Nāsikyas, and Yavanas, / along with the inhabitants of Mathurā and Naiṣadhas, are to be known in the west. ### [1.55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.18) The Māṇḍavyas, Tuṣāras, Mūlikas, Aśvamukhas, Khaśas, / Mahākeśas, and Mahānāsas are lands in the north-west. ### [1.55.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.19) The Lampākas, Stananāgas, Madras, Gāndhāras, and Bāhlikas, / \[and\] the Mlecchas dwelling in the Himālayas have taken recourse to the northern quarter. ### [1.55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.20) The Trigartas, Nīlas, Kolātas, Brahmaputras, along with the Ṭaṅkaṇas, / the Abhīṣāhas, along with the Kāśmīras, are celebrated in the north-east. ### [1.55.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55.20.p1) Thus ends the fifty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Cosmography', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.55.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.55) · Pramāṇa