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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 20]
causing the name of the island;  hiraṇmayaḥ —magnificently splendorous;  utthitaḥ —rising;  yatra —where;  agniḥ —a fire;  upāste —is situated;  sapta-jihvaḥ —having seven flames;  tasya —of that island;  adhipatiḥ —the king or master;  priyavrata-ātmajaḥ —the son of King Priyavrata;  idhma-jihvaḥ —named Idhmajihva;  svam —own;  dvīpam —island;  sapta —seven;  varṣāṇi —tracts of land;  vibhajya —dividing into;  sapta-varṣa-nāmabhyaḥ —for whom the seven tracts of land were named;  ātmajebhyaḥ —to his own sons;  ākalayya —offering;  svayam —personally;  ātma-yogena —by the devotional service of the Lord;  upararāma —he retired from all material activities.
TRANSLATION
As Sumeru Mountain is surrounded by Jambūdvipa, Jambūdvipa is also surrounded by an ocean of salt water. The breadth of Jambūdvipa is 100,000 yojanas [800,000 miles], and the breadth of the saltwater ocean is the same. As a moat around a fort is sometimes surrounded by gardenlike forest, the saltwater ocean surrounding Jambūdvipa is itself surrounded by Plakṣadvipa. The breadth of Plakṣadvipa is twice that of the saltwater ocean—in other words 200,000 yojanas [1,600,000 miles]. On Plakṣadvipa there is a tree shining like gold and as tall as the jambū tree on Jambūdvipa. At its root is a fire with seven flames. It is because this tree is a plakṣa tree that the island is called Plakṣadvipa. Plakṣadvipa was governed by Idhmajihva, one of the sons of Mahārāja Priyavrata. He endowed the seven islands with the names of his seven sons, divided the islands among the sons, and then retired from active life to engage in the devotional service of the Lord.
TEXTS 3-4
शिवं यवसं सुमद्रं शान्तं क्षेमममृतमभयमिति वर्षाणि तेषु गिरयो नद्यश्च सप्तैवाभिज्ञाताः ॥३॥ मणिकूटो वज्रकूट इन्द्रसेनो ज्योतिष्मान् सुपर्णो हिरण्यष्ठीवो मेघमालइति सेतुशैलाः । अरुणा नृम्णाऽऽङ्गिरसी सावित्री सुप्रभाता