Vishnupurana 2.2.9
Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) 2.2.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.2.9
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastāddvātriṃśanmūrdhri vistṛta /
mūle ṣoḍaśasāhasro vistārastasya sarvaśaḥ //
Jambu-dwípa is in the centre of all these: and in the centre of this continent is the golden mountain Meru. The height of Meru is eighty-four thousand Yojanas; and its depth below the surface of the earth is sixteen thousand. Its diameter at the summit is thirty-two thousand Yojanas; and at its base, sixteen thousand: so that this mountain is like the seed-cup of the lotus of the earth.
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 (4)
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Caturvargacintāmaṇi — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- Dānakhaṇḍa — Hemādri, Sanskrit