Ketumala and other sub-continents - Verse 1
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 47 · Verse 1
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Sanskrit Original
जम्बूद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद द्विगुणेन समन्ततः। संवेष्टयित्वा क्षारोदं प्लक्षद्वीपो व्यवस्थितः।।
jambūdvīpasya vistārād dviguṇena samantataḥ| saṃveṣṭayitvā kṣārodaṃ plakṣadvīpo vyavasthitaḥ||
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In the sub-continent Ketumala,® men are (black like) crows and have Jackfruit for their diet. Women have the lustre of the petals of the lotus. They live for ten thousand years.