Tomara (Country)

Tomara

Tomara has other meanings too: see all meanings of Tomara.

Tomara is a country of Bhārata-varsha in the north. It is named in the Brahma Purāṇa’s description of Bhārata-varsha, first among the countries of the north, and again among the countries that rest on the mountains. It is not the tomara, the javelin carried by the servants of Yama.

Among the northern countries

Brahmā, the lotus-born, tells Bhṛgu and the munis of Bhārata-varsha, the karma-bhūmi, the land where karma bears its fruit, which even the suras and asuras long to live in. He names its countries region by region. In the north of Bhārata he names Tomara first, in this order: Tomara, Haṃsamārga, Kāśmīra, Karuṇa, Śūlika, Kuhaka and Māgadha.

Among the countries that rest on the mountains he names Tomara again, last of all: Nīhāra, Tushamārga, Kuru, Tuṅgaṇa, Svasa, Karṇa, Prāvaraṇa, Ūrṇa, Dargha, Kuntaka, Citramārga, Mālavā, Kirāta and Tomara.

Brahmā closes by praising this land: to the north of Bhārata-varsha stands Himavat like the string of a bow, and Bhārata is the seed of all, where every good act bears fruit. 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