The Mountain Meru - Verse 7
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 48.7
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Sanskrit Original
मूलायामप्रमाणं तु विस्तारान मूलतो गिरेः। ऊचुर्विस्तारमस्यैव द्विगुणं मूलतो गिरेः।।
mūlāyāmapramāṇaṃ tu vistārān mūlato gireḥ| ūcurvistāramasyaiva dviguṇaṃ mūlato gireḥ||
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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.