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Markandeyapurana 53.29

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 53.29

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Sanskrit

53.29

yeṣāṃ nāmāṅgitairvarṣaiḥ plakṣadvīpastu saptadhā /
pūrvaṃ śākabhavaṃ varṣaṃ śiśirantu sukhodayam //

Medhātithi, the lord of Plakṣadvīpa had seven sons, and Plakṣadvīpa was divided into seven parts by the countries which were named after them, first the Śākabhava country, then Śiśira, Sukhodaya, and Ānanda, and Śiva, and Kṣemaka, and Dhruva.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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