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Puranic Encyclopaedia

UTTARAKURU   A part of the Jambūdvīpa (Island of Jambū). Mention is made in the Mahābhārata that during his conquest Arjuna had gone up to this place and carried away from there plenty of wealth. It is believed by common people that this place is inaccessible to human beings. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 28, Stanzas 7 to 20] . The southern end of this place is the Nīlagiri and the Northern end Mount Meru. The inhabitants are gifted people, with trees bearing flowers and fruits, the flowers fragrant and the fruits sweet. A particular type of tree known as Kṣīrī (milky) grows here from which milk will flow. There are also trees which will give you whatever you ask. It was the belief of ancient people that with the fruits of Kṣīrī, you could make garments and ornaments. The soil of this place contains gems and in the sand there is gold. Those who fall down from heaven live in this region. The average age of the inhabitants of this place is said to have been eleven thousand years. There is a kind of bird in this place called Bhāruṇḍa. These birds drag dead bodies away to caves. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 8, Stanzas 2 to 13] .

A dictionary, Marathi and English

One of the nine divisions of the globe, the country around the north-pole; the arctic circle.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

उत्तर—कुरु  n.  m. n. one of the nine divisions of the world (the country of the northern कुरुs, situated in the north of India, and described as the country of eternal beatitude).

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Shabda-Sagara

उत्तरकुरु  mn.  ( -रुः-रु) Uttarakuru, the country about the north pole.
E. उत्तर northern, and कुरु the nothern part of the globe.

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