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# Vishnupurana 2.8.8

Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.8.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.8)

mānasottaraśaile tu pūrvato vāsavī purī  
dakṣiṇena yamasyānyā pratīcyāṃ varuṇasya ca  
uttareṇa ca somasya tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu //

> The city of Indra is situated on the eastern side of the Mánasottara mountain; that of Yama on the southern face; that of Varuńa on the west; and that of Soma on the north: named severally Vaswokasárá, Samyamaní, Mukhyá, and Vibhávarí.  
> — 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.2.8.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.8.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.8.8) — Sanskrit

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