Ramyaka

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Ramyakavarṣa (रम्यकवर्ष) is name of a region (varsha), one of the seven mountains located in Jambūdvīpa, situated to the south of Meru and north of Shvetaparvata, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 84.

Variants

• Ramyakavarsha रम्यकवर्ष (AS, p.778)

History

In the tract of land known as [[]]Ramyaka-varṣa]], Manu and all the inhabitants worship Matsyadeva to this very day. Matsyadeva, whose form is pure goodness, is the ruler and maintainer of the whole universe, and as such He is the director of all the demigods, headed by King Indra.

Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Ramyakavarṣa (रम्यकवर्ष).—Name of a region (varṣa) situated to the south of Meru and north of Śveta, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 84. Meru is one of the seven mountains located in Jambūdvīpa, ruled over by Āgnīdhra, grandson of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.

रम्यकवर्ष

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ... रम्यकवर्ष (AS, p.778): पौराणिक भूगोल के वर्णन के अनुसार जंबूद्वीप का एक भाग था, जिसके उपास्य देव वैवस्वत मनु थे। 'विष्णुपुराण' 2, 2, 13 में इसे जंबूद्वीप का उत्तरी वर्ष कहा गया है- 'रम्यकं चोत्तरं वर्षं तस्येवानु हिरण्यमयम्, उत्तरा: कुरवश्चेव यथा वै भारतं तथा।'

महाभारत, सभापर्व 28 से जान पड़ता है कि अर्जुन ने उत्तर दिशा की दिग्विजय यात्रा के समय यहां प्रवेश किया था- 'तथा जिष्णु रतिक्रम्य पर्वतं नीलमायतम्, विवेशरम्यकं वर्ष संकीर्णं मिथुनै शुभैः।'

यह देश सुंदर नर-नारियों से आकीर्ण था। इसे जीतकर अर्जुन ने यहां से कर ग्रहण किया था- 'तं देशमथजित्वा च करे च विनिवेश्य च।'

उपर्युक्त उद्धरणों से रम्यकवर्ष की स्थिति उत्तर कुरु या एशिया के उत्तरी भाग साइबेरिया के निकट प्रमाणित होती है। इसके उत्तर में संभवतः हिरण्मय वर्ष था।