Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 49
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 49
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Sanskrit Original
प्लक्षवृक्षेण संख्यातस्तस्य मध्ये महा द्रुमः। शाल्मलिर्विपुलस्कन्धस्तस्य नाम्ना स उच्यते।।
plakṣavṛkṣeṇa saṃkhyātastasya madhye mahā drumaḥ| śālmalirvipulaskandhastasya nāmnā sa ucyate||
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Sūta said: In its middle there is a great Śālmali (silk cotton) tree reckoned on a par with the Plakṣa tree. It has large branches. The continent is named after the tree.