Vishnupurana 2.2.12
Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) 2.2.12
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- Sanskrit
2.2.12
lakṣapramāṇo dvau madhyau daśahīnāstathāpare /
sahasradvitayocchrāyās tāvadvistāriṇaś ca te //
The boundary mountains (of the earth) are Himaván, Hemakút́a, and Nishadha, which lie south of Meru; and Níla, Śweta, and Śringí, which are situated to the north of it. The two central ranges (those next to Meru, or Nishadha and Níla) extend for a hundred thousand (Yojanas, running east and west). Each of the others diminishes ten thousand Yojanas, as it lies more remote from the centre. They are two thousand Yojanas in height, and as many in breadth. The Varshas or countries between these ranges are Bhárata (India), south of the Himaván mountains;
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit