The Geography of the Puranas c21.s1.t2: IV
The Geography of the Purāṇas c21.s1.t2
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Dr. Sampurnanand’s reply to Prof. S. M. Ali, dated 17 February 1963.
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MY DEAR PROF. ALI,
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Your letter provided very interesting and instructive reading. In common with the majority of laymen, I have so far been entertaining the idea that the word Sakadwipa means the land of the Sakas or Scythians; that the term had any other meaning never seemed to strike me. The interpretation which you have now put upon it must be quite new to a very large number of people, including, I am sure, a number of scholars both Indian and foreign.
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Thank you very much for taking so much trouble to enlighten me.
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With regards,
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Yours sincerely, SAMPURNANAND