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Bhuvana Koia : Description of Seven Dvipas : Mountain ranges - Verse 12

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 45 · Verse 12

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Sanskrit Original

चतुर्धारमनोपम्यं चतुस्तोरणसंयुतम। प्राकारैर्दशभिर्युक्तं दुराधर्षं सुदुर्गमम।।

caturdhāramanopamyaṃ catustoraṇasaṃyutam| prākārairdaśabhiryuktaṃ durādharṣaṃ sudurgamam||

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Beyond Meru Ramyaka is the northern sub¬ continent. Behind it is the Hiranmaya Varsa. Beyond it is the northern Kurus. These are in their order like the Bharata Varsa. O excellent Brahmanas, each of these is nine thousand Yojanas in extent. In their middle is Ilavrta Varsa and the Meru rises above in its middle.