[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.11 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.11 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.11 - **Language:** English ### [c4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.11) There seems to be some difference of opinion regarding the number of parts into which Idhmajihva divided Plakṣadvīpa. In the Bhāgavata the number mentioned is seven; but in the Malayalam version of the Bhāgavata (by Ramanujan Eluttacchan) the number is eight. The original Bhāgavata says: “Śivaṁ Yamasaṁ, Subhadraṁ, Śāntaṁ, Kṣemaṁ, Amṛtaṁ Abhayam iti Varṣāni teṣu girayo nadyaśca saptaivabhijñātāḥ”. In the Malayalam Bhāgavata an eighth division called Śivadaṁ is seen. - [Previous: c4.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.10.5) - [Next: c4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.12) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.11) · Pramāṇa