[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 2.1.12 # Vishnupurana 2.1.12 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.1.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.1.12) jambūdvīpaṃ mahābhāga so 'gnīdhrāya dadau pitā medhātithes tathā prādāt plakṣadvīpam athāparam // > Priyavrata having divided the earth into seven continents, gave them respectively to his other seven sons. To Agnídhra he gave Jambu-dwípa; to Medhatithi he gave Plaksha-dwípa: he installed Vapushmat in the sovereignty over the Dwípa of Sálmali; and made Jyotishmat king of Kuśa-dwípa: he appointed Dyutimat to rule over Krauncha-dwípa; Bhavya to reign over Sáka-dwípa; and Savala he nominated the monarch of the Dwípa of Pushkara. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.1.11) - [Next: 2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.1.13) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.1.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.1.p1) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.1.12) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhūdarpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.gola.bhudarpana.p63) — Viṣṇunārāyaṇa 1818, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.1.12) · Pramāṇa