Cosmology - Verse 8

Varaha Purana (Motilal Banarsidass English translation, S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer) · 74 · Verse 8

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Jyotisman, the lord of Kusadvlpa,1 had seven sons, Udbhida, Venuman, Rathapala, Manas, Dhrti, Prabhakara and Kapila and they had regions with their names. Medhatithi. the lord of Saka, had seven sons, Nabhi, Santabhaya, Sisiramukha, Udama, Nanda, Sivaksemaka and Uhruva. They had regions with their names. Nabhi had Hemakuta, Kimpurusa, Naisadha, Harivarsa, Merumadhya, Ilavrta, Nlla, Ramyaka, Sveta, Uttarakuru, Malyavan, Bhadrasva, Gandhamadana and Ketumala. This is the division of the earth in Svayambhuva Manvantara. In every aeon seven kings each thus rule the earth. This happens in every aeon.

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