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## 1581 Sarvarthasiddhi
**[3110.8 3845 384. There, in Jambudvipa, there are seven regions divided by six Kulaparvatas. What are they? This is explained further:**
**Bharatavarsha, Haimavatavarsha, Harivarsha, Videhavarsha, Ramyakavarsha, Hairanyavata Varsha and Airavatavarsha are the seven regions. ||10||**
**[8385. The names of the regions, like Bharat, etc., have been in existence since time immemorial and are without any specific cause. Where is Bharatavarsha located? Bharatavarsha is located in the south of the Himavan mountain, between the three oceans, shaped like a raised bow. It is divided into six parts by the Vijaya, Ganga and Sindhu rivers. Haimavatavarsha is located to the north of the Ksudra Himavan, to the south of the Mahahimavan, and between the eastern and western oceans. Harivarsha is located to the south of Nishdha, to the north of the Mahahimavan, and between the eastern and western oceans. Videhavarsha is located to the north of Nishdha, to the south of Nila, and between the eastern and western oceans. Ramyakavarsha is located to the north of Nila, to the south of Rukmina, and between the eastern and western oceans. Rukmina is located to the north of Shikhraprithvi, in the upper part. There are countless islands and oceans, one after another, in a circular shape. Jambudvipa is located in the middle of all these. There is no other island or ocean between it and the others. Although all the islands and oceans are circular, they are all circular like a bead, while this one is circular like a plate. Its diameter is one lakh yojanas. In the exact middle of it is Mount Meru. It is one lakh forty thousand yojanas high. One thousand yojanas of it are underground. The peak is at forty yojanas, and the remaining ninety-nine thousand yojanas are from the flat surface to the peak. The diameter of Mount Meru at the base is ten thousand yojanas. It gradually decreases as it goes up. The diameter of the base increases in the same proportion as it decreases at the top. Mount Meru has three sections. The first section is five hundred yojanas from the ground, the second is sixty-two thousand five hundred yojanas, and the third is thirty-six thousand yojanas. There is a cut at the end of each section. The diameter of one side of the cut is five hundred yojanas. The diameter of the last cut is only six yojanas less. It is adorned with four forests, one on the ground and three on these three cuts. Their names are Bhadra, Nandana, Saumanasa and Panduka, in order. After the first and second cuts, Mount Meru goes straight up, and then it starts to decrease gradually. There are sixteen Chaityalayas in each of the four forests, four in each direction. In the Panduka forest, there are four Panduka stones in each direction, on which the Tirthankaras born in that region are anointed. Its color is yellow. ]**