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Therefore the country, too, is divided according to the
lunar stations, and the figure which represents this
division is similar to a tortoise. Therefore it is called
ICurma-cakra, i.e. the tortoise-circle or the tortoise-
shape. The following diagram is from the Samhitd of
Varahamihira.
A**"
p Jyeshtha.
S Mflla. ■
f? r^rvashadha.
.^
^■J^'
South.
.^ifi^
•nsT!.\,i\;unj ;§
•uip.iy S
V
North
Varahamihira calls each of the Nava-khanda a vctrga. P-^gc 149-.
He says: "By them (the vargas) Bharatavarsha, t'.e. ofBharata-
half of the world, is divided into nine parts, the cen- according to
tral one, the eastern, &c." Then he passes to the south, hilia! """'"
and thus round the whole horizon. That he under¬
stands by Bharatavarsha India alone is indicated by
his saying that each varga has a region, the king of