The Geography of the Puranas c7.s4.46
The Geography of the Purāṇas c7.s4.46
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c7.s4.46
(1) That the Seven Dwīpas are nothing but fanciful fables.³⁵ This view is untenable, since, in spite of obvious discrepancies which may have been introduced into the Purāṇic texts by various factors including the poetic element dominating geographical descriptions, there appears an element of truth and reality in the case of many of the dwīpas which leads one to believe in the existence of others as well.