The Geography of the Puranas c7.s5.37

c7.s5.37

Regarding the size and shape of Meru, the Viṣṇu Purāṇa says, ‘Jambū Dwīpa is in the centre of all these (continents); and in the centre of this continent (Jambū Dwīpa) is the golden mountain Meru. The height of Meru is 84,000 yojanas, and its depth below the surface of the earth is 16,000 yojanas. Its diameter at the summit is 32,000 yojanas, and at its base, 16,000: so that this mountain is like the seedcup of the “lotus of the earth”.’¹