Brahmavarta

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The literary text

Drishadvati in India. The text defines the area as a holy land whose inhabitants set the standards for morality and conduct for the rest of the world to follow.[1] The name has been translated in various ways, including "holy land", "sacred land",[2] "abode of gods", and "the scene of creation".[3]

The precise location and size of the region has been the subject of academic uncertainty.

Aryavarta region.[5]

Literature

According to the Manusmriti, the purity of a place and its inhabitants decreased the further it was from Brahmavarta. Aryan (noble) people were believed to inhabit the "good" area and the proportion of Mleccha (barbarian) people in the population rose as the distance from it increased. This implies a series of concentric circles of decreasing purity as one moved away from the Brahmavarta centre.[6]

The translation of Manusmriti made by Patrick Olivelle, a professor of Sanskrit, says:

The land created by the gods and lying between the divine rivers Saraswati and Drishadwati is called 'Brahmavarta' - the region of Brahman. The conduct handed down from generation to generation among the social classes and the intermediate classes of that land is called the 'conduct of good people'.

Pancalas, and Surasenakas constitute the 'land of Brahmin seers', which borders on the Brahmavarta. All the people on earth should learn their respective practices from a Brahmin born in that land.[2][a]

The French

romanized: Brahmarṣideśa).[b][7][8] Again, some sources consider Brahmarisihidesh a to be synonymous with Brahmavarta.[4][9]
Seal dated to Gupta period with inscription 'Brahma Varta'' was excavated from Purana Qila, Delhi.[10]

See also

References

Notes

  1. Panchala and Surasena
    kingdoms.
  2. ^ Translated as "Land of Brahmin sages".[4]

Citations

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  3. ISBN 978-8-17625-537-0
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  6. ISBN 978-8-12081-136-2
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  8. ^ "Brahmarshidesha, Brahmarṣideśa: 6 definitions". Wisdom Library. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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  10. ^ INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY 2013-14 – A REVIEW
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