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The length and extent of the Earth: Description of Jambūdvīpa - Verse 45

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 15 · Verse 45

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Sanskrit Original

मण्डलेन प्रमाणेन त्र्यस्रे मानं तदिष्यते। चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि योजनानां समन्ततः।।

maṇḍalena pramāṇena tryasre mānaṃ tadiṣyate| catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ samantataḥ||

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Sūta said: When the mass is circular the reckoning is triangular (?) (According to the triangular reckoning) its girth all round is forty-eight thousand Yojanas. Now the magnitude is recounted in the triangular reckoning. According to the quadrangular reckoning (?) the girth all round is laid down as sixty-four thousand Yojanas. That mountain is highly divine and equipped with divine medicinal herbs.