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Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 46

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 46

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Sanskrit Original

वर्षाणि पर्वताश्चैव नदीस्तेषु निबोधत। ज्योतिः शान्तिस्तथा तुष्टा चन्द्रा शुक्रा विमोचनी।।

varṣāṇi parvatāścaiva nadīsteṣu nibodhata| jyotiḥ śāntistathā tuṣṭā candrā śukrā vimocanī||

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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.