Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description
वेद्यर्द्धे दक्षिणे त्रीणि त्रीणि वर्षाणि चोत्तरे / तयोर्मध्ये तु विज्ञेयो मेरुर्मध्य इलावृतम्
vedyarddhe dakṣiṇe trīṇi trīṇi varṣāṇi cottare / tayormadhye tu vijñeyo merurmadhya ilāvṛtam
In the southern half of the Vedi are three varṣas, and in the northern half also three; between them, in the very middle, is Mount Meru to be known—the central heart of Ilāvṛta.