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Markandeyapurana 60.14

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 60.14

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Sanskrit

60.14

tasmādathottaraṃ varṣaṃ nāmnā khyātaṃ hiraṇmayam /
hiraṇvatī nadī yatra prabhūtakamalojjvalā //

And north of that is the continent famed by name as Hiraṇmaya; where the river Hiraṇvatī gleams with abundant lotuses. Mankind there are born with great strength, full of vigonr, with large bodies, eminently good, wealthy and benign of look.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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