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Knowledge about the world - Verse 106

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 7 · Verse 106

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Sanskrit Original

कृत्रिमाणां च दुर्गाणां विष्कम्भायाममेव च। योजनादर्द्धविष्कम्भमष्टभागाधिकायतम।।

kṛtrimāṇāṃ ca durgāṇāṃ viṣkambhāyāmameva ca| yojanādarddhaviṣkambhamaṣṭabhāgādhikāyatam||

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Sūta said: (I shall mention) the girth and length of hamlets, cities, and villages entirely as well as those of the three types of (natural) forts viz. mountains, waters (i.e. rivers) and waste-lands such as deserts etc., and the artificial forts as well. The diameter shall be half a Yojana. Its length shall be one and one eighth Yojanas.