Spartan Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 According to Puranic cosmography, the entire Cosmos is divided into seven concentric island continents (sapta-dvipa vasumati) separated by the seven encircling oceans, each double the size of the preceding one (going out from within). The seven continents of the Puranas are stated as Jambudvipa, Plaksadvipa, Salmalidvipa, Kusadvipa, Krouncadvipa, Sakadvipa, and Pushkaradvipa. Seven intermediate oceans consist of salt-water, sugarcane juice, wine, ghee, curd, milk and water respectively.[1][2] Continent Jambudvipa (Indian Blackberry Island), also known as Sudarshanadvipa, forms the innermost concentric island in the above scheme. Its name is said to derive from a Jambu tree (another name for the Indian Blackberry). The fruits of the Jambu tree are said, in the Viṣṇupurāṇa (ch.2) to be as large as elephants and when they become rotten and fall upon the crest of the mountains, a river of juice is formed from their expressed juice. The river so formed is called Jambunadi (Jambu river) and flows through Jambudvipa, whose inhabitants drink its waters. Insular continent Jambudvipa is said to comprise nine varshas (zones) and eight significant parvatas (mountains). Markandeya Purana portrays Jambudvipa as being depressed on its south and north and elevated and broad in the middle. The elevated region forms the varsha named Ila-vrta or Meruvarsha. At the center of Ila-vrta lies the golden Mount Meru, the king of mountains. On the summit of Mount Meru, is the vast city of Lord Brahma, known as Brahmapuri. Surrounding Brahmapuri are 8 cities - the one of Lord Indra and of seven other Devatas. Markandeya Purana and Brahmanda Purana divide Jambudvipa into four vast regions shaped like four petals of a lotus with Mount Meru being located at the center like a pericarp. The city of Brahmapuri is said to be enclosed by a river, known as Akash Ganga. Akash Ganga is said to issue forth from the foot of Lord Vishnu and after washing the lunar region falls "through the skies" and after encircling the Brahmapuri "splits up into four mighty streams", which are said to flow in four opposite directions from the landscape of Mount Meru and irrigate the vast lands of Jambudvipa.[3] The common names of the dvīpas, having their varṣas (9 for Jambu-dvīpa, 7 for the other dvīpas) with a mountain and a river in each varṣa, is given in several Purāṇas [1]. There is a distinct set of names provides, however, in other Purāṇas [2]. The most detailed geography is that described in the Vāyu Purāṇa [3].
Spartan Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 Mount Meru is at the centre of the world surrounded by Jambūdvīpa, in form of a circle forming a diameter of 100,000 yojanas.[4] Jambūdvīpa continent has 6 mountains, dividing the continent into 9 zones (Ksetra). The names of these zones are: Bharat Kshetra Mahavideha Kshetra Airavat Kshetra Ramyakwas Hariwas Hairanyvat Kshetra Haimavat Kshetra Devkuru Uttarkuru
micxas Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 mari racist post lekkundi va.. proofs lekunte gammunna undatam better .. bye1
Spartan Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 mari racist post lekkundi va.. proofs lekunte gammunna undatam better .. bye1 reading different versions is fun no..
micxas Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 reading different versions is fun no.. No. :3D_Smiles_38: ..indusvalley kanna mundu civilizations proofs dorkaledu va. sub continent lo .. all other are speculations ..:) kani theeseyeleni goppa hiostory unnadi matram nijam ... be proud abt it }?.
Spartan Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 No. :3D_Smiles_38: ..indusvalley kanna mundu civilizations proofs dorkaledu va. sub continent lo .. all other are speculations .. :) kani theeseyeleni goppa hiostory unnadi matram nijam ... be proud abt it }?. yeah man proofs levemo... but entire universe is a secret...so try to see things in different views kada....its fun to know varios angles..and how people view them.. not to negate anyones view or sect of people..
micxas Posted February 8, 2014 Report Posted February 8, 2014 yeah man proofs levemo... but entire universe is a secret...so try to see things in different views kada....its fun to know varios angles..and how people view them.. not to negate anyones view or sect of people.. k #/{-
Doola Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Posted February 8, 2014 yeah man proofs levemo... but entire universe is a secret...so try to see things in different views kada....its fun to know varios angles..and how people view them.. not to negate anyones view or sect of people.. @gr33d
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