[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) › 2.3.28.p1 # Vishnupurana 2.3.28.p1 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.3.28.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.28.p1) iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe dvitīye 'ṃśe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ > I have thus briefly described to you, Maitreya, the nine divisions of Jambu-dwípa, which is a hundred thousand Yojanas in extent, and which is encircled, as if by a bracelet, by the ocean of salt water, of similar dimensions. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.28) - [Next: 2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.4.1) - [Up: 2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.28) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.3.9) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.3.p5) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.3.28.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.3.28.p1) · Pramāṇa