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western Dhātakikhanda-dvipa, Mandara in eastern Puşkarardha-dvipa and Vidyunmāli in the western Puşkarārdha-dvipa. According to the Digambara belief, in all there are 80 siddhāyatanas (eternal shrines or shrines of siddhas) on the five Merus. A Digambara Pañca-Meru bronze, installed in V. S. 1514 (= 1456 A.D.), now in worship in a shrine in Surat, is illustrated here in fig. 78.
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