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Q. 15. - Bhante ! In the Salt Sea, does the sun rise in the north-east (and set in the south-east and so on, repeat as. before) ?
A. 15. Whatever has been said (of the suns) of Jambūdvipa is to be repeated without omission about the Salt Sea, difference being in wording as follows: when in the southern portion of the Salt Sea it is day,...till in the eastern portion and in the western portion of the Salt Sea, it is night. It is to be stated like this.
Q. 16. Bhante ! When in the southern portion of the Salt Sea, it is first avasarpiņi, it is said that in the northern portion, too, it is first avasarpiņi, and when in the northern portion it is first avasarpiņi, then in the eastern and the western portions of the Salt Sea, there is neither avasarpui nor utsarpini, (but a fixed time). Bhante ! Is it so ?
A. 16.
Yes, Gautama, (it is so)...till (a fixed time).
[ sun-rise in Dhatakikhanda and Puşkarārdha? ] प्रश्न १७-धायइसंडे णं भंते ! दीवे सूरिया उदीण-पाईणमुग्गच्छ...?
उत्तर १७-जहेव जंबूढदीवस्स वत्तव्यया भणिया स च्चेव धायइसंडस्स वि भाणियव्वा णवरं इमेणं आभलानेणं सव्वे आलावगा भाणियव्वा ।
प्रश्न १८-जया णं भंते ! धायइसंडे दीवे दाहिणड ढे दिवसे भवइ तया णं उत्तरड ढे वि जया णं उत्तरड ढे वि तया णं धायइसंडे दीवे मंदराणं पव्वयाणं पुरत्थिम-पच्चस्थिमे णं राई भवइ ?
उतर १८-हंता गोयमा ; एवं चेव जाव...राई भवइ ।
प्रश्न १९-जया णं भंते ! धायइसंडे दीवे मंदराणं पव्वयाणं पुरत्थिमेणं दिवसे भवइ तया णं पच्चत्थिमेण वि ? जया णं पच्चत्थिमेण वि तया णं धायइसंडे दीवे मंदराणं पव्वयाण उत्तरेणं दाहिणणं राई भवइ ?
