[Y-Indology] uttarakuru: Skt and Pali references

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In Pali texts, Uttarakuru is the name of the northern continent of

the world (i.e. to the north of JambudvIpa) ruled by King Kubera,

generally called VessavaNa (<VaizravaNa): see e.g. Dighanikaya 32.7.

 

(There's a splendid translation of this text on the Access to Insight website:

 

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/digha/dn32.html)

 

Valerie J Roebuck

Manchester, UK

 

>INDOLOGY, "lighthisertim <lighthisertim>"

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>> Looking for Skt and Pali references to and discussions of

>``uttarakuru''.

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>Prof. M. Witzel mentions Uttarakuru in his paper on Kashmiri brahmins,

>http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/KashmiriBrahmins.pdf

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>Also, check in the January 1998 archives under the title, Uttara Kuru

>in indology at Liverpool archives.

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