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Chapter Three
The first lake is one thousand yojanas long and half that width. ||15||
$ 395. The Padma lake is one thousand yojanas long from east to west and five hundred yojanas wide from north to south. Its bottom is made of vajra and its banks are adorned with various jewels and gold.
8396. To explain the depth, this sutra is said:
It is ten yojanas deep. ||16||
8397. Avagaha, adha pravesha, and nimnata are synonyms. The depth of the Padma lake is ten yojanas, this is the meaning of the sutra.
8398. What is in the middle of it?
There is a lotus of one yojana in the middle of it. ||17||
8399. The word 'yojana' in the sutra should be taken as one yojana. The meaning is that the lotus leaf is one krośa long and its stalk is two krośas wide, therefore the lotus is one yojana long and one yojana wide. The stalk of this lotus rises two krośas above the water level and its leaves are of the same thickness. This is how the lotus should be understood.
8400. Now, to explain the length etc. of other lakes and lotuses, the following sutra is said:
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The next lakes and lotuses are double in size. ||18||
§ 401. The word 'tat' in the sutra refers to both the lake and the lotus. The sutra says 'tadvigunadviguna' to indicate that the next lakes and lotuses are double in size. Question - Double in comparison to what? Answer - In comparison to the length etc. 1. gaha. tanmadhye yojanam a, di. 1, di. 2 1 2. tadvigunastadvigunast- mu. 3. jnanartham mu. 4. - padmahrdah mu.