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LIFETIME IN VIDSHA
like those in the south as explained already. The people of Hairan yavata are like those of Haimavata. The people of Ramyaka are equal to those of Harivarşa. And the people of Uttarakuru are equal in all respects to those of Devakuru. Now what is the duration of life in Videha ? विदेहेषु सवयेयकालाः
1 3 11 Videheşu sankhyeyakālāḥ
(31) 31. In Videhas the lifetime is numerable years.
In all the five Videhas the duration of life of human beings is numerable years. The time like that of the closing period of Suşamaduşşamā prevails throughout. The people are of five hundred bows in height. They take food everyday. The maximum duration of life is one pūrvakoti years, and the minimum is antarmuhūrta. The following verse is quoted in this connection. "One pūrvakotī is equivalent to 70 x 1,00,000 x 1,00,00,000 and 56,000 X 1,00,00,000 years (70560000000000).”
The extent of Bharata has been mentioned. Again it is stated in another way.
भरतस्य विष्कम्भो जम्बूद्वीपस्य नवतिशतभागः ॥३२॥ Bharatasya viskambho jambūdvipasya navatiśatabhāgaḥ
(32) 32. The width of Bharata is one hundred and ninetieth (io) part of that of Jambūdvipa.
The width of Bharata is one hundred and ninetieth part of that of Jambūdvipa, which is 1,00,000 yojanas. That is what has been mentioned already. There is a mound surrounding Jambūdvipa, beyond which is the Salt Ocean in the form of a circle, whose extent (diameter) is 2,00,000 yojanas. Beyond that is the island of Dhātakikhanda, whose extent is 4,00,000 yojanas.
The next sutra is intended to convey the number of regions etc. in it (i.e. Dhātakikhanda). द्विर्धातकीखण्डे
Il 33 11 Dvirdddhātakikhande 33. In Dhātakikhanda it is double.
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