Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 45
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 45
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Sanskrit Original
कङ्कस्य वैद्युतं नाम महिषस्य च मानसम। ककुदः सुप्रदं नाम सप्तैतानि तु सप्तधा।।
kaṅkasya vaidyutaṃ nāma mahiṣasya ca mānasam| kakudaḥ supradaṃ nāma saptaitāni tu saptadhā||
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Sūta said: The sub-continent of the mountain Kumuda is remembered as Śveta; that of Uttama is Lohita; that of Balāhaka is Jīmūta; Hārīta is remembered as (the sub-continent) of Droṇa. The sub-continent of Kaṅka is named Vaidyuta and that of Mahiṣa is Mānasa. The sub-continent of the Kakudmān is Suprada by name. These are the seven subcontinents and (the connected) mountains. Understand the rivers in them.