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# Vishnupurana 2.3.7

Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) 2.3.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.7)

nāgadvīpas tathā sāmyo gandharvastvatha cāruṇaḥ /  
ayaṃ tu navamastaṣāṃ dvīpaḥ sāgārasaṃvṛtaḥ //

> The Varsha of Bhárata is divided into nine portions, which I will name to you; they are Indra-dwípa, Kaserumat, Támravarńa, Gabhastimat, Nága-dwípa, Saumya, Gandharba, and Váruńa; the last or ninth Dwípa is surrounded by the ocean, and is a thousand Yojanas from north to south.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.3.4) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.3.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Ātmaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!sridhara) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇucittīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!visnucitta) — Sanskrit
- [Vaiṣṇavakūṭacandrikā Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu!ratnagarbha) — Ratnagarbhamiśra, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.3.7) — Sanskrit

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