Ruṇḍikera

Ruṇḍikera

Ruṇḍikera is a country of Bhārata-varsha, named among the countries of the Vindhya mountain region. The Brahma Purāṇa names it in its account of the lands and peoples of Bhārata, which Brahmā (Padmaja) gives to Bhṛgu and the munis.

Among the countries of the Vindhya region

Brahmā tells the munis that Bhārata-varsha is the karma-bhūmi, the land where karma bears fruit; even the suras and asuras long to live there and yearn, “When shall we see holy Bhārata?” When the munis ask for the whole account of that holy land, he speaks of its nine parts and then names its countries, region by region: the middle region, the countries of the kshatriya, vaiśya and śūdra jātis, the countries of the Kirāta jātis, the north, the east, the south, the western Aparānta, the Vindhya region and the mountains.

In the order the Purāṇa gives the countries of the Vindhya mountain region, they are Malaja, Karkaśa, Melaka, Jośaka, Uttamarṇa, Daśārṇa, Bhoja, Kishkindha, Toshala, Kośala, Traipura, Vaidiśa, Tumbura, Cara, Yavana, Pavana, Abhaya, Ruṇḍikera, Barbara, Hotra and Ṛtu. Ruṇḍikera stands after Abhaya and before Barbara. After them he names the countries that rest on the mountains.

Those who read or hear this praise of Bhārata-varsha are freed of all pāpa and reach Vishṇu-loka.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 27

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 27