area, dominion, land marked out by mountain ranges. There is a - galactic, universal, supernatural, holistic - central area named I l â v r i t a - v a r s h a where Lord B r a h m â sits on the mountain M e r u and where Lord S' i v a as the only man is there to the happiness of the Supreme Personality. Next to that there are eight varshas stretching to all sides of which B h a r a t a - v a r s h a also is the name of India (see also d v î p a, 5.16 and 17).