Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 130
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 130
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Sanskrit Original
ऋष इत्येष रमणे वृषशक्तिप्रबन्धने। रतिप्रबधनात्मिद्धं वर्षं तत्तेषु तेन वै।।
ṛṣa ityeṣa ramaṇe vṛṣaśaktiprabandhane| ratiprabadhanātmiddhaṃ varṣaṃ tatteṣu tena vai||
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Sūta said: The root √ṛṣ means “to sport about” and the root √vṛṣ means “to strengthen.” Since the sub-continent enables the people to sport about and to stengthen their power for sexual dalliance, it is called Varṣa.