History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.127

v7.c95.127

The Viṣṇu (II. 2. 13-24) mentions the *varṣas* as Bhārata (the first among them), Kimpuruṣa, Hari, Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya, Uttara-Kuru, Ilāvṛta, Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla. The Vāmana (13. 2-5) mentions the same except that it substitutes Campaka for Ramyaka. Viṣṇu II. (1. 16-17) states, however, that Nābhi, Kimpuruṣa, Harivarṣa, Ilāvṛta, Ramya, Hiraṇvat, Kuru, Bhadrāśva, Ketumāla were the names of nine kings, sons of Āgnīdhra, son of Priyavrata, a son of Svāyambhuva Manu and that the varṣas given to the nine sons of Āgnīdhra were respectively Himāhva (i. e. Bhārata), Hemakūṭa, Naiṣadha, Ilāvṛta, Nīlācala, Śveta, Śṛṅgavat, a varṣa to east of Meru, Gandhāmādana. Thus there is a confusion of names of kings and names of *varsas*. Vāyu (30. 38-40) states the same names of sons and in 33. 41-45 mentions the same varṣas except Mālyavat, which was given to Bhadrāśva.²⁴⁸²