Vīra (Country)

Vīra

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Vīra is a country of Bhārata-varsha, one of the countries of the Kirāta jātis. It is named in the Brahma Purāṇa’s description of Bhārata-varsha. It is not Vīra, son of Śatarūpā, nor Vīra, son of Ślishṭi.

Among the Kirāta 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. Among the countries of the Kirāta jātis he names Vīra, 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