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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA : NETHER AND MIDDLE WORLDS : 45
• Dvirdvirviskambhāh pūrvapūrvapariksepino valaya
krtayah || 8 || • Tanmadhye Merunābhirvrtto yojanaśatasahasravis
kambho Jambūdvīpah || 9 || They are in the shape of concentric rings surrounding each other,
and of twice the expanse as compared to the immediately inner continent or ocean that they surround Right in the centre of these continents and oceans, surrounding the Mt. Meru, that stands like an axis, is the Jambūdvipa whose expanse is a hundred thousand Yojana. (7-9)
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TatraBharatahaimavataharivideharamyakahairan yavatairāvatavarsāhā ksetrāni || 10 ||
Tadvibhājinah pūrvaparāyatā Himavan-mahāhimavannisadhanīlarukmishikharino varsádharaparvatah
|| 11 || There in the Jambudvīpa) there are seven regions called
Bharatavarsa, Haimavatararsa, Harivarsa, Videhavarsa, Ramyakavarsa, Hiranyavarsa and Airāvatavarsa. Seperating these regions, there are six Varsadhara (holders of the regions) mountains called Himavāna, Mahāhimavána, Nisadha, Nīla, Rukmi and śikharī that run from the East to the West. (10-11)
• Dvirdhātakikhande || 12 || • Puskarārdhe ca || 13 || (The number of regions and region bearing mountains) in the
continents called Dhātakikhanda and Puskarardha are twice those of Jambudiipa. (12-13)
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