Jīmūta

Jīmūta

Jīmūta is a name used for more than one person and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Jīmūta: a famous malla (wrestler) brought to the court of King Virāṭa, whom Bhīmasena, living unrecognised, fought and killed in the arena. Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 13
• Jīmūta, Son of Viyāmuna: a king of the Sātvata line at Mathurā, in the line of Vṛshṇi, the son of Viyāmuna and the father of Vikṛti; the Brahma Purāṇa calls his father Vyoma. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 3; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15

Places

• Jīmūta (Śālmala-dvīpa): one of the seven varsha mountains of Śālmala-dvīpa, named after a son of its ruler Vapushmān, and also one of the seven varshas of that dvīpa. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20