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The description of Plakfa and other continents - Verse 13

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 49 · Verse 13

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Sanskrit Original

तामसस्यान्तरे देवाः सुरा वाहरयस्तथा। सत्याश्च सुधियश्चैव सप्तविंशतिका गणाः।।

tāmasasyāntare devāḥ surā vāharayastathā| satyāśca sudhiyaścaiva saptaviṃśatikā gaṇāḥ||

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They live without any ailment for five thousand years. The island continent Salmali^ is twice the Plaksadvipa in extent and is encircled by the sea of sugarcane juice. There are seven Varsas (sub-continents) and seven dividing ranges of mountains there also.