Ātreya (Country)

Ātreya

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Ātreya is a country of Bhārata-varsha, one of the lands where the Kirāta jātis live. It is named in the Brahma Purāṇa’s description of Bhārata-varsha. It is not the ṛshi Ātreya, son of Atri.

Among the Kirāta countries

Brahmā, the lotus-born, tells Bhṛgu and the munis of Bhārata-varsha, its mountains, rivers and peoples. Among them he names the countries of the Kirāta jātis, in this order: Kāmboja, Barbara, Laukika, Vīra, Tushāra, Prahlāva, Ādhāyata, Nara, Ātreya, Bharadvāja, Pushkala, Daśeraka, Lampaka, Śunaśśoka, Kulika, Jāṅgala, Aushadhi and Calacandra.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 27

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 27