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The Fifth Canto
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The inner part of the Manushottara mountain is like a broken bank, while the outer part rises gradually. Its form resembles a lion with its face turned inwards.
595
This mountain, with its fourteen cave-like entrances, sends forth rivers, like wives, to the Pushkarodadhi (the ocean of lotus).
596
These caves, from which the rivers flow, are fifty yojanas long, twenty-five yojanas wide, and thirty-seven and a half yojanas high.
597
On the top of the Manushottara mountain, in all four directions, there are four Jinalayas, adorned with eight-yojana-high and four-yojana-wide gateways.
598
In the eastern and other directions of this Manushottara mountain, there are eighteen peaks, situated in auspicious places, arranged in a circular manner.
599
These peaks are five hundred yojanas high, with a base of five hundred yojanas and a top of two hundred and fifty yojanas.
600
There are three peaks in each of the four directions and four in the four intermediate directions of the Manushottara mountain. Besides these, there are two more peaks, the Vajrak in the northeast and the Tapaniyak in the southeast.
601
In the east, on the first peak called Vaidurya, resides the glorious Dev, on the second peak called Ashmagarbha, resides the glorious Yashaskant, and on the third peak called Saugandhika, resides the lord of the Suparna Kumaras, Yashodhar Dev.
602
Then, in the south, on the peak called Ruvak, resides Nandan, on the peak called Lohitaksha, resides Nandottara, and on the peak called Anjan, resides Ashanighosha Dev.
603
In the west, on the peak called Anjanamul, resides Siddha Dev, on the peak called Kanak, resides Kraman Dev, and on the peak called Rajat, resides the Dev named Manush.
604
In the north, on the peak called Sphatik, resides Sudarshan, on the peak called Ank, resides Moch, and on the peak called Praval, resides the glorious Supriddh Dev.
605
In the southeast, on the aforementioned Tapaniyak peak, resides the Dev Swati, and in the northeast, on the Vajrak peak, resides the Dev named Hanuman.
606
In the southeast corner of the Manushottara mountain, in the part touching the Nishdhachal, there is a peak called Ratna, and on it resides the lord of the Naga Kumaras, Venudeva.
607
In the northeast corner, in the part touching the Neelachal, there is a peak called Sarvaratna, and on it resides...