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evam daksinenelavrtam nisadho hemakuto himalaya iti prag-ayata yatha niladayo yuta-yojanotsedha hari-varsa-kimpurusa-bharatanam yatha-sankhyam.
SYNONYMS
evamthus; daksinenaby degrees to the southern side; ilavrtamof Ilavrta-varsa; nisadhah hema-kutah himalayahthree mountains named Nisadha, Hemakuta and Himalaya; itithus; prak-ayatahextended to the east; yathajust as; nila-adayahthe mountains headed by Nila; ayuta-yojana-utsedhahten thousand yojanas high; hari-varsathe division named Hari-varsa; kimpurusathe division named Kimpurusa; bharatanamthe division named Bharata-varsa; yatha-sankhyamaccording to number.
TRANSLATION
Similarly, south of Ilavrta-varsa and extending from east to west are three great mountains named (from north to south) Nisadha, Hemakuta and Himalaya. Each of them is 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles] high. They mark the boundaries of the three varsas named Hari-varsa, Kimpurusa-varsa and Bharata-varsa [India].
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