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# The Geography of the Puranas c15.7

The Geography of the Purāṇas c15.7

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### [c15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c15.7)

²⁶ Harivaṃśa, 220 (2.370), gives this as the name of a mountain in the east. In Vāyu, 33, 32-3, it is the name of a district in Plakṣadvīpa, in Viṣṇu, 2-2-26, and Bhāgavata, 5.16.27, the name of a mountain near Mt. Meru, in Varāha (p. 331,1.7), the name of a prince of Śakadvīpa.

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## Cites (5)

- [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.5.16.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.33.32) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.2.26) — Sanskrit
- [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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