उत्तर कुरु

uttar kuru ek prachinakalin desh tha, jisake antargat adhunik tibbat aur poorvi turkistan ate the.

valmiki ramayan[1] mean is pradesh ka sundar varnan hai. kuchh vidvanoan ke mat mean uttari dhruv ke nikatavarti pradesh ko hi prachin sahity mean visheshat: ramayan aur mahabharat mean uttar kuru kaha gaya hai aur yahi aryoan ki adi bhoomi thi. yah mat lokamany tilak ne apane oriyan namak aangrezi granth mean pratipadit kiya tha. valmiki ne jo varnan ramayan[2] mean uttar kuru pradesh ka kiya hai usake anusar uttar kuru mean shailoda nadi bahati thi aur vahaan moolyavanh ratn aur mani utpann hote the-

'tamavikramy shailendramuttar: payasaan nidhi:,
tatr somagirirnam madhye hemamayo mahanh.
satudesho visooryopi tasy bhasa prakashate,
sooryalakshyabhivijneyastapatev vivasvata'.[3]

arthat sugriv vanaroan ki sena ko uttaradisha mean bhejate hue kahata hai ki 'vahaan se age jane par uttam samudr milega jisake bich mean suvarnamay somagiri namak parvat hai. vah desh sooryahin hai kiantu soory ke n rahane par bhi us parvat ke prakash se soory ke prakash ke saman hi vahaan ujala rahata hai.' somagiri ki prabha se prakashit is sooryahin uttaradisha mean sthit pradesh ke varnan mean uttari narve tatha any uttaradhruviy deshoan mean drishyaman meruprabha ya arora boriyalis namak adbhut drishy ka kavyamay ullekh ho sakata hai jo varsh mean chh: mas ke lagabhag soory ke kshitij ke niche rahane ke samay dikhaee deta hai. isi sarg ke 56vean shlok mean sugriv ne vanaroan se yah bhi kaha ki uttar kuru ke age tum log kisi prakar nahian ja sakate aur n any praniyoan ki hi vahaan gati hai-

'n kathachan gantavyan kurunamuttaren v:,
anyeshamapi bhootanaan nanukramati vai gati:.'

mahabharat sabha parv[4] mean bhi uttar kuru ko agamy desh mana hai. arjun uttar disha ki vijay-yatra mean uttar kuru pahuanch kar use bhi jitane ka prayas karane lage-

'uttarankuruvarshan tu s samasady paandav:,
iyesh jetuan tan deshan pakashasananandan:.'[5]

is par arjun ke pas akar bahut se vishalakay dvarapaloan ne kaha ki 'parth; tum is sthan ko nahian jit sakate. yahaan koee jitane yogy vastu dikhaee nahian p dati. yah uttar kuru desh hai. yahaan yuddh nahian hota. kuantikumar, isake bhitar pravesh karake bhi tum yahaan kuchh nahian dekh sakate kyoanki manav sharir se yahaan ki koee vastu nahian dekhi ja sakati'-

'n chatr kianchijjetavyamarjunatr pradrishyate,
uttara: kuruvo hyete natr yuddhan pravartate.
pravishtopi hi kauntey neh drakshyasi kanchan,
n hi manushadehen shakyamatrabhivikshitumh.'[6]

yah bat bhi ullekhaniy hai ki aitarey brahman mean uttar kuru ko himalay ke par mana gaya hai aur use rajyahin desh bataya gaya hai-

'uttarakurav: uttaramadraiti vairajya yaiv te.'[7]

harshacharit[8], mean ban ne uttar kuru ki kalakalaninadini vishal nadiyoan ka varnan kiya hai. ramayan tatha mahabharat adi granthoan ke varnan se vah avashy jnat hota hai ki atitakal mean kuchh log avashy hi uttar kuru- arthat uttaradhruviy pradesh mean pahuanche hoange aur in varnanoan mean unhian ki kahi kuchh saty aur kuchh kalpanaranjit rochak kathaoan ki chhaya vidyaman hai. yadi tilak ka pratipadit mat hamean grahy ho to yah bhi kaha ja sakata hai ki in varnanoan mean bharatiy aryoan ki unake apane adi nivasasthan ki supt jatiy smritiyaan mukharit ho uthi haian.[9]

tika tippani aur sandarbh

mahabharat shabdakosh |lekhak: es. pi. paramahans |prakashak: dilli pustak sadan, dilli |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 23 |

  1. valmiki ramayan, kishkiandha kaand, sarg 43
  2. valmiki ramayan kishkiandha kaand, sarg
  3. valmiki ramayan, kishkiandha kaand, sarg 43, 53-54
  4. mahabharat sabha parv 31
  5. sabha parv mahabharat 31, 7
  6. sabha parv mahabharat 31,11-12 .
  7. aitarey brahman 8, 14
  8. harshacharit tritiy uchchhvas
  9. dekhean uttarabhadr

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