Koṅkaṇa
Koṅkaṇa
Hastā has other meanings too: see all meanings of Hastā. Mṛgaśira has other meanings too: see all meanings of Mṛgaśira. Punarvasu has other meanings too: see all meanings of Punarvasu.
Koṅkaṇa is a land of Bhārata. The Brahma Purāṇa names it in Vyāsa‘s teaching on śrāddha, among the places where the rite for the pitṛs must not be performed.
No śrāddha in Koṅkaṇa
Vyāsa teaches the munis the rules of śrāddha, the rite for the pitṛs. The best places for it, he says, are the tīrthas beginning with Pushkara, the puṇya-kshetras, mountain peaks, holy rivers, lakes, the confluences of rivers and the sea shore; one’s own house smeared with cow-dung, the roots of divine trees and pools fit for yajña are also praised. But śrāddha must not be performed in these places: the Kirāta lands, Kaliṅga, Koṅkaṇa, Kṛmi, Daśārṇa, the Kumārya land, the land named Taṅgaṇa, the land named Kratha, the north shore of the sea (the north bank of the Sindhu), the south bank of the Narmadā and the land east of the river Karatoyā.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220