Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 48
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 48
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Sanskrit Original
न संख्यां परिसंख्यातुं शक्नुयात्को ऽपि मानवः। इत्येष संनिवेशो वः शाल्मलस्य प्रकीर्त्तितः।।
na saṃkhyāṃ parisaṃkhyātuṃ śaknuyātko 'pi mānavaḥ| ityeṣa saṃniveśo vaḥ śālmalasya prakīrttitaḥ||
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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.