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THE LAKES ON THE MOUNTAINS
93 Padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahapundarikapundarika hradāsteṣāmupari
(14) 14. Padma, Mahāpadma, Tigiñcha, Kesari, Mahapundarika and Pundarika are the lakes on the tops of these (mountains).
These are respectively the names of the lakes on the tops of Himavan and the other mountains. The dimensions of the first of these lakes are mentioned.
प्रथमो योजनसहस्रायामस्तदर्द्धविष्कम्भो ह्रदः ॥ १५ ॥ Prathamo yojanasahasrāyāmastadardhaviskambho hradaḥ
(15) 15. The first lake is 1,000 yojanas in length and half of it in breadth.
The length of Lake Padma from east to west is 1,000 yojanas. Its breadth from north to south is 500 yojanas. The bottom is composed of adamant. Its banks are made of gold studded with various jewels. Its depth is indicated in the next sutra.
दशयोजनावगाहः Daśayojanāvagāhah
(16) 16. Its depth is ten yojanas. Avagāho is depth. Its depth is ten yojanas. What is in the middle of it ?
तन्मध्ये योजनं पुष्करम Tanmadhye yojanari puşkaram
(17) 17. In the middle of this first lake, there is a lotus of the size of one yojana.
Yojanam means of the extent of one yojana. Its petals are of the size of yojana (one kroša) in length and its pericarp is of the size of yojana (two krośas!. Hence the lotus is one yojana long and one yojana broad. The lotus consists of a multitude of petals densely packed, and it has a stalk of the height of 1 yojana (two krošas) from the surface of the water.
What are the dimensions of the other lakes and the other lotuses?
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