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72,000 outer wave-controllers, and also 60,000 guardians of the crest waves.
Gostupa, Udakābhāsa, Šankha, Udakasimaka, made of gold, anka, silver, and crystal are the mountains of the Indras of the Veladharins. They are the abodes of the gods Gostūpa, Śivaka, Śańkha, and Manohṛda; and are in the (four) directions at 42,000 yojanas (from Jambudvipa). They are 1721 yojanas high; 1022 yojanas wide at the base, and 424 at the top. On top of them all there are gleaming palaces.
Karkoṭaka, Kārdamaka, Kailasa, and Aruṇaprabha, made of all jewels, are the mountains of the Indras of the Aṇuvelādhārins.488 The gods Karkoṭaka, Vidyujjihva, Kailāśa, and Aruṇaprabha, respectively, live always on these.
At 12,000 yojanas (from Jambudvipa) in the intermediate directions in the east are the two islands of the Moon, with an equal width and length (i.e. 12,000). At the same distance in the west are the two islands of the Sun; and also at the same distance is Gautamadvipa, the abode of Susthita.484 On these are palaces, the abodes of the inner and outer suns and moons of Lavaṇoda.
The water of Lavaṇoda is salt.
Description of Dhatakikhanḍa (640–43)
Next, the second continent, named Dhātakikhaṇḍa, twice as wide, surrounds Lavaṇoda. Everything that is in Jambudvipa-Meru, zones, zone-mountains-is called by the same name in Dhatakikhanda, but is twice as large. It is divided by the Iṣvākāra Mts. running north and south, and in the east and west halves has the same names as Jambudvipa. The zone-mountains and the Iṣvākāras are like the spokes of a wheel, high as Niṣadha, touching Kaloda and Lavaṇa, and the zones are between the spokes.
433 635. These are in the intermediate directions. 484 638. The lord of Lavanoda. Provac. 883-89, p. 258a.
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