Ramayana
निमिस्तु राजा विप्रांस्तान्समानीय नराधिपः । अयजद्धिमवत्पार्श्वे स्वपुरस्य समीपतः । पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि राजा दीक्षामुपागमत् ॥ 7-55-12 ॥
But King Nimi, the lord of men, having assembled those Brahmins, performed his sacrifice on the slope of the Himalaya near his own city; and the king entered upon the consecration for five thousand years.
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