The Mountain Meru - Verse 6
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 48.6
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Sanskrit Original
ततः षोडशसाहस्रं योजनानि क्षितेरधः। शेषं चोपरि विप्रेन्द्रा धरायास्तस्य शृङ्गिणः।।
tataḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ yojanāni kṣiteradhaḥ| śeṣaṃ copari viprendrā dharāyāstasya śṛṅgiṇaḥ||
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Sūta said: O leading brahmins, beneath the earth its extent is sixteen thousand yojanas. The remaining part of that mountain is above the earth. The extent at the root is thus sixteen thousand yojanas and the extent above, they say, is twice the extent at the root.