Anūpa
Anūpa · anu-āpa, “the land by the waters”
Sūta has other meanings too: see all meanings of Sūta.
Anūpa is a land on the sea-coast. The Brahma Purāṇa tells that the emperor Pṛthu, son of Vena, gave it to the Sūta, the first of the praise-singers, when the Sūta and the Māgadha had sung his praise.
The gift of Pṛthu
In the time of the emperor Pṛthu, at a yajña, on the day of the soma-pressing, the very wise Sūta was born, and in that same yajña the wise Māgadha was born too. The munis called them to praise Pṛthu. The two asked who this radiant one was, what deeds he had done and what his fame was, for they did not know him. The munis told them to sing of the good deeds he was going to do, and so they praised the life he would lead. From that time the praises sung in the world are chiefly blessings, carried on by the sūtas, the māgadhas and the vandis (bards).
Greatly pleased with their praise, the emperor Pṛthu gave a gift to each: to the Sūta the land on the sea-coast, Anūpa, and to the Māgadha the land of Magadha.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 4
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 4