Dear ShrI Venkatesa Prasad: I read the replies to your queries from ShrI Sadagopan Sir as well as ShrI Ramachandran Sir. My humble pranAmams to them. Like they both say it is a minor point in the larger scheme of things. Everything in this world is encompassed by our Lord and geo-positions do not matter to Him. However, from a purely technical stand-point I have heard it said that the Bhagavata Purana deals with the geography of the world in a great detail. It divides the world into seven dweepas. For. eg: India is in Jambu dweepa. America in "Krauncha dweepa". It is also said that "SarveshAm api varshAnAm mErO: dakshina sthita:" Therefore, all the continents would be south of mEru. According to this the use of mErO: dakshinE parshvE would be correct. As far as "khanda" is concerned I use "AmericAkya khandE" as advised by one of the visiting swamijis(AdamAr Mutt). Once again these are technical and feel free to decide for yourself what you would prefer to use. Thanks. Vijayaraghavan Chakravarthy Buffalo/NY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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