Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 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>" ><lighthisertim> wrote: > >> Looking for Skt and Pali references to and discussions of >``uttarakuru''. > >Prof. M. Witzel mentions Uttarakuru in his paper on Kashmiri brahmins, >http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/KashmiriBrahmins.pdf > >Also, check in the January 1998 archives under the title, Uttara Kuru >in indology at Liverpool archives. > > > > >indology > > > >Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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