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Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 128

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 128

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Sanskrit Original

एवं द्वीपसमुद्राणां वृद्धिर्ज्ञेया परस्परात। अपां चैव समुद्रेकात्सामुद्र इति संज्ञितः।।

evaṃ dvīpasamudrāṇāṃ vṛddhirjñeyā parasparāt| apāṃ caiva samudrekātsāmudra iti saṃjñitaḥ||

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Sūta said: Thus, the mutual increase in size, of the continents and the seas should be understood. The sea is called Samudra on account of the Samudreka (the state of being plentiful) of the waters.