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Description of Bharata-Varsha; extent; chief mountains; nine divisions; principal nations; superiority over other Varshasi especially as the seat of religious acts - Verse 28

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 2 · Verse 3.28

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Sanskrit Original

जम्बूद्वीपं समावृत्य लक्षयोजनविस्तरः मैत्रेय वलयाकारः स्थितः क्षारोदधिर बहिः ।।

jambūdvīpaṃ samāvṛtya lakṣayojanavistaraḥ maitreya valayākāraḥ sthitaḥ kṣārodadhir bahiḥ ||

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Surrounding Jambudvipa, the expanse of a hundred thousand yojanas, O Maitreya, is situated like a circular shape, beyond which lies the salty ocean.