क्रौञ्चद्वीप (krauJcadvIpa)
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Mahabharata
EnglishKrauñcadvīpa, name of a dvīpa. § 575 (Bhūmip.): VI, 11, 403
12, 448 (with the mountain Mahākrauñca), 458 (with the mountain Krauñca).--§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 14, 405 (adhareṇa Mahāmeroḥ, ruled by Yudhishṭhira), 406.
पुराणम्
Englishक्रौञ्चद्वीप / KRAUÑCADVĪPA. (island OF krauñca). One of the saptadvīpas (seven islands). The seven islands are jambūdvīpa, plakṣadvīpa, Śālmalīdvīpa, kuśadvīpa, krauñcadvīpa, śākadvīpa and Puṣkaradvīpa. (devī bhāgavata skandha 8). krauñcadvīpa is described as follows in mahābhārata, bhīṣma parva, Chapter 12:--In this island there are the mountains krauñca, Vāmanaka, Andhakāra, maināka, govinda, nibiḍa, and Viṣkambha. The various countries in this island are kuśala, manonuga, Uṣṇa, prāvaraka, andhakāraka, munideśa, dundubhisvana etc.
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