Varaha Purana 84.5: Adhyaya 84, Shloka 5
Description of the Northern Regions: Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya, Uttarakuru, Candradvīpa, Sūryadvīpa, and Rudrākara
एकादशहस्त्राणि समानां तेन जीवते । शतान्यन्यानि जीवन्ते वर्षाणां दश पञ्च च ॥ ८४.५ ॥
ekādaśa-hastrāṇi samānāṃ tena jīvate | śatāny anyāni jīvante varṣāṇāṃ daśa pañca ca || 84.5 ||
Por essa medida, vive-se onze mil samā (anos). Outros vivem ainda centenas adicionais, a saber: mais dez e cinco anos (isto é, quinze).
Varāha
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It preserves a Purāṇic style of enumerating lifespan through traditional units (e.g., samā/varṣa), reflecting classical Indian interests in cosmological chronology and human longevity as part of broader time-reckoning systems.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is concerned with measures of lifespan/time rather than sacred geography.
The verse does not directly issue an ethical injunction; its philosophical contribution is descriptive—situating human (or beings’) lifespan within a quantified, tradition-based framework of time.
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