________________ 232 TATTVARTHA SUTRA 8.4 million Poorvangs = 1 Poorva Innumerable Poorvas = 1 Palyopam (Chasm-measured time) 1000 trillion Palyopams = 1 Sagaropam (Ocean-measured time) 2000 trillion Sagaropams = 1 Time cycle Jain measurement of space starts with the size of an atom, which is an infinitesimally small size. Innumerable atom sizes = 1 Finger-breadth 6 Finger-breadths = 1 Pad 16 Pads = 1 Dand or Dhanushya (about 6 feet) 2000 Dands = 1 Gauy (Gau) 4 Gauys = 1 Yojan = 48000 feet = 9.09 miles Innumerable Yojans x 14.19 trillions = 1 Rajju The size of Universe is equal to 14 Rajjus. The concept of Jamboodweep lies at the center of Jain geography. It represents the area where we live. It is supposed to be disc-shaped with a diameter of 100,000 Yojans, and Mt. Meru with an altitude of 100,000 Yojans lies in the center thereof. These concepts were in vogue in ancient India and Jain seers might have adopted the same. Jamboodweep is divided into 7 continents. It is not possible to relate six of them to any specific part of the earth. As such, our discussion will have to be restricted to the seventh known as Bharat Kshetra. The particulars of that Kshetra obviously relate to the Northern Indian sub-continent. Bharat Kshetra lies to the extreme South of Jamboodweep. It is arc-shaped and covers 190th part of Jamboodweep. Its eastwest length measured by its longest chord is 14471.31 Yojans, while its maximum north-south width is 526.31 Yojans. It is Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
