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Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 129

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 129

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Sanskrit Original

विशन्तिर्निवसंत्यस्मिन्प्रजा यस्माच्चतुर्विधाः। तस्माद्वर्षमिति प्रोक्तं प्रजानां सुखदं यतः।।

viśantirnivasaṃtyasminprajā yasmāccaturvidhāḥ| tasmādvarṣamiti proktaṃ prajānāṃ sukhadaṃ yataḥ||

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Sūta said: The sub-continent is called Varṣa because the four types of subjects enter (Viśanti) or live (Nivasanti) in it and also because it accords pleasure unto the subjects.