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THE MIDDLE WORLD
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‘Of infernal beings' is intended to exclude the regions. This is the duration of the beings in these regions and not of the regions.
The lower world consisting of seven earths has been described. Now the transverse world is to be described. Why is it called transverse (tiryak) ? It is called transverse world, as it consists of innumerable concentric island-continents, extending one beyond the other in transverse position up to the ocean of Svayambhūramaņa. What are these?
जम्बूद्वीपलवणोदादयः शुभनामानो द्वीपसमुद्राः ॥ ७॥ Jambūdvipalavanodūdayaḥ śubhanāmāno dvipasamudrāḥ (7)
7. Jambūdvipa, Lavanoda, and the rest are the continents and the oceans with auspicious names.
Jambūdvipa and the others are the continents. Lavanoda and the others are the oceans. The continents and the oceans bear all the auspicious names current in the world. They are as follows. NAMES OF CONTINENTS
NAMES OF OCEANS Jambūdvipa
Lavanoda Dhātakikhanda
Käloda Puşkaravara
Puşkaravara Vārunivara
Varunīvara Kșiravara
Kșiravara Ghrtavara
Ghriavara Iksuvara
I kşuvara Nandiśvaravara
Nandiśvaravara Arunavara
Arunavara Thus innumerable continents and oceans must be understood up to the Svayambhūramaņa Ocean.
The extension, arrangement, and shape of these are mentioned in the next sutra.
द्विर्द्धिर्विष्कम्भाः पूर्वपूर्वपरिक्षेपिणो वलयाकृतयः ॥८॥ • Dvirdvirviskambhāḥ pūrvapūrvaparikṣepiņo valaya. Ei kştayaḥ
(8) 8. (These) are of double the diameter of the preceding ones and are circular in shape, each encircling the immediately
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