Arunachal Pradesh means “land of the dawn-lit mountains”. Literally it means “land of the rising sun” in reference to its position as the easternmost state of India. It is also known as the “Orchid State of India” and the “Paradise of the Botanists”.
Arunachal Pradesh is an Indian state in Northeast India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987.
It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares international borders with Bhutan in the west, Myanmar in the east, and a disputed border with China in the north at the McMahon Line.
VEDIK GYAN
Why India is called Jambudvipa?
Jambudvipa in Sanskrit means the place where Jambu trees grow.
The word ‘Jambudvipa’ is used to refer India by Indians during ancient times
According to Puranic cosmography the entire Cosmos is divided into seven concentric island continents (sapta-dvipa vasumati) separated by the seven encircling oceans, each double the size of the preceding one (going out from within).
The seven continents of the Puranas are stated as Jambudvipa, Plaksadvipa, Salmalidvipa, Kusadvipa, Krouncadvipa, Sakadvipa, and Pushkaradvipa.
Its name is said to derive from a Jambu tree (another name for the Indian Blackberry). The fruits of the Jambu tree are said, in the Viṣṇupurāṇa (ch.2) to be as large as elephants and when they become rotten and fall upon the crest of the mountains, a river of juice is formed from their expressed juice. The river so formed is called Jambunadi (Jambu river) and flows through Jambudvipa, whose inhabitants drink its waters. Insular continent Jambudvipa is said to comprise nine varshas (zones) and eight significant parvatas (mountains).
LEARN Sanskrit-
कृष्णा: Krishna is derived from karshati = akarshati(attracts).
krish of meaning vilekhan(attraction) .
which is primarily an adjective meaning ” black”, “dark”, “dark blue “.
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