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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 8

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 2 · Verse 3.8

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Sanskrit Original

योजनानां सहस्रं तु द्वीपो ऽयं दक्षिणोत्तरात पूर्वे किराता यस्यान्ते पश्चिमे यवनाः स्थिताः ।।

yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ tu dvīpo 'yaṃ dakṣiṇottarāt pūrve kirātā yasyānte paścime yavanāḥ sthitāḥ ||

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This island extends a thousand yojanas from the south to the north; to the east are the Kiratas, and to the west are the Yavanas.