[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 114.7 # Matsyapurana 114.7 Matsyapurāṇa 114.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [114.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.114.7) na khalvanyatra martyānāṃ bhūmau karmavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ bhāratasyāsya varṣasya nava bhedānnibodhata // > There is no field of action for mankind without Bhâratavarṣa. Bhâratavarṣa has nine divisions; Viz.—Indradvîpa, Kaśera, Tāmraparṇî, Gabhastimâna, Nâgadvîpa, Saumya, Gandharva, Vâruṇa; and the ninth is this place, surrounded on all sides by the ocean. The whole of the dvîpa is a thousand yôjanas in extent, from north to south. It is gradually broader from Kumârî (Cape Comorin) to the mouth of the Ganges, whence it has risen to a height of ten thousand yôjanas in an oblique direction.—7-10. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 114.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.114.6) - [Next: 114.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.114.8) - [Up: 114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.114) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.114.p5) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.114.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.837) — P. V. Kane, English - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.114.7) — Sanskrit - [Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.kirfel-1920.c7.s2.t5.31) — Willibald Kirfel, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.114.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.114.7) · Pramāṇa