Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 47
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 47
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निवृत्तिः सप्तमी तासां प्रतिवर्षं तु ताः स्मृताः। तासां समीपगाश्चान्याः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः।।
nivṛttiḥ saptamī tāsāṃ prativarṣaṃ tu tāḥ smṛtāḥ| tāsāṃ samīpagāścānyāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ||
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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.