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# Markandeyapurana 57.55

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 57.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [57.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.57.55)

annajāstuṣṭikārāśca vīrahotrā hyavantayaḥ /  
ete janapadāḥ sarve vindhyapṛṣṭhanivāsinaḥ //

> Hear the inhabitants of the Vindhya Mountains.\[277\] The Sarajas,\[278\] and Karūṣas,\[279\] and the Keralas,\[280\] and Utkalas,\[281\] the Uttamarṇas,\[282\] and the Daśārṇas,\[283\] the Bhojyas,\[284\] and the Kiṣindhakas,\[285\] the Tośalas,\[286\] and the Kośalas,\[287\] the Traipuras,\[288\] and the Vaidiśas,\[289\] the Tumburas,\[290\] and the Tumbulas,\[291\] the Paṭus,\[292\] and the Naiṣadhas,\[293\] Annajas,\[294\] and the Tuṣṭikāras,\[295\] the Vīrahotras,\[296\] and the Avantis.\[297\] All these peoples dwell on the slopes of the Vindhya Mountains.  
> — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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## Translations (2)

- [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.57.p23) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.57.55) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.16.66) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.45.137) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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