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The **Harivamsha Purana** states that the diameter of the four **Merus** on the earth is 4,400 yojanas. [516] Their circumference on the earth is 19,725 yojanas. [517]
Going up 500 yojanas from the earth, there is the vast **Nandanavana** (garden of paradise), and 55,500 yojanas above that is the **Saumanasavana** (garden of happiness). [518]
Going 28,499 yojanas above the **Saumanasavana**, there is the vast **Pandukavana** (garden of white). [519]
The diameter of the **Meru** in the **Nandanavana** is 9,350 yojanas. [520]
The outer circumference of the **Meru** in the **Nandanavana** is 19,566 yojanas. [521]
The inner diameter of the **Meru** excluding the **Nandanavana** is 8,350 yojanas. [522]
The circumference of the **Meru** in relation to the **Nandanavana** is 26,405 yojanas. [523]
The outer diameter of the **Meru** in the **Saumanasavana** is 3,800 yojanas, and the inner diameter is 1,000 yojanas less than that. [524]
The outer circumference of the **Meru** in the **Saumanasavana** is 12,016 yojanas. [525]
The inner circumference of the **Meru** in the **Saumanasavana** is 8,854 yojanas. [526]
The circumference of the **Meru** in the **Pandukavana** is 3,162 yojanas, and it should be understood that it is slightly more than one **kosha**. [527]
The **Samarundra** (mountains of equal width) are 10,000 yojanas above the **Nandanavana**. From there onwards, they gradually decrease in size, and this decrease should also be understood in relation to the **Saumanasavana**. The decrease is one-tenth from the base, meaning that for every 10,000 yojanas of height, there is a decrease of 1,000 yojanas, for every 10 hands of height, there is a decrease of 1 hand, and for every 10 angulas of height, there is a decrease of 1 angula. [528-529]
The ponds, rocks, peaks, palaces, **chaityas** (shrines), and **chulika** (spires) of the five **Merus** are all equal in width, depth, and height. [530]
The width of the **Bhadrashala** forest in the **Dhatukhand** is 1,225 yojanas. [531]
The length of the **Bhadrashala** forest is 107,879 yojanas. [532]