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## Description of Jambudvipa and Other Continents
**Chapter 4, Verse 105 of the Yoga Shastra**
There are 28,000 rivers in Jambudvipa, 56,000 each in Haritaka and Haritaki, and 500,000 in Shita and Shitota. These 32,000 rivers merge together. Understand that the rivers of the north are similar to the rivers flowing south. The total length of Bharat Kshetra is 526/9 yojanas. After that, the mountains and regions in Mahavideha are double in length, and so on. Each region and mountain in the north is similar to the south.
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In Mahavideha, north of Nishdha mountain and south, west, and east of Meru, there are two Nishdha mountains called Vidyut Prabha and Saumanas. They are surrounded by elephant-shaped mountains and are separated by the Shitota river. There are five ponds each, close to each other, and ten Kanchan mountains adorning them. On the east and west banks of the Shitota river, there is Devakuru, adorned with Vichitrakuta and Chitrakuta, extending a thousand yojanas upwards and downwards, and half that distance upwards. It is 11842 2/9 yojanas in size. North and south of Meru mountain are Gandhamadana and Malaya mountains, shaped like elephants. They are separated by the Shita river, which flows between Meru and Neel mountains, and there are five ponds close to each other. Adorned with Vichitrakuta and Chitrakuta, golden Yamaka mountains, and with a hundred Kanchan mountains on both banks of the Shita river, is Uttarakuru. East of Devakuru and Uttarakuru is Purva Mahavideha, and west of them is Paschim Mahavideha. In Purva Videha, there are sixteen victories, separated by rivers and mountains suitable for a Chakravarti, which do not allow entry to each other. Similarly, there are sixteen victories in Paschim Videha.
In the middle of Bharat Kshetra, touching the sea on both the east and west sides, dividing Bharat into two parts, south and north, is the Vaitalya mountain, adorned with two caves called Tamisra and Khandrapata. It is one and a quarter yojanas underground, fifty yojanas wide, and twenty-five yojanas high. Near this mountain, on the south and north sides, are rows of Vidhadharas, ten yojanas high and ten yojanas wide. There are fifty cities in the south, including the region, and sixty cities in the north. Above the rows of Vidhadharas, on both sides, after ten yojanas, are rows of Tiryanjrimbhrik Vyantar Devas. They have their abodes in these rows. Above the Vyantar rows, at a height of five yojanas, are nine peaks. Understand that the same description applies to the Airavata Kshetra, which is similar to the Vaitalya mountain.
Around Jambudvipa, there is a vajra-like Jagati, eight yojanas high, like a wall. It is twelve yojanas long at the base. It is eight yojanas wide in the middle and four yojanas high above. Above that is a place called Jalakataka, two gao high, where the Vidhyadharas play. Above that is a place called Padmavaravedika, the land of enjoyment for the Devas. In each direction of this Jagati, there are four gates called Vijay, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, and Aparajit. Between the Himavan and Mahahimavan mountains is the Vaitalya mountain, called Shabdapata. Between Rukmi and Shikhari is Vikatapata. Between Mahahimavan and Nishdha is Gandhapata. Between Neel and Rukmi is Malya mountain. All these mountains are a thousand yojanas high and shaped like a Pali.
Jambudvipa is surrounded by a salt ocean, twice its size, two lakh yojanas wide (ten thousand yojanas wide in the middle), a thousand yojanas deep, and forty-nine thousand yojanas wide on both sides. Due to the increase in the middle, the water extends sixteen thousand yojanas high. Above that, the water rises and falls two gao during the day and night. In the middle of this ocean, in all four directions, are four vajra-like Patala Kalash, a thousand yojanas thick, ten thousand yojanas wide at the mouth and base, called Vadvamukha in the east, Keyupa in the south, Yupa in the west, and Ishvara in the north. They are the abodes of the Kal, Mahakal, Velamb, and Prabhanjan Devas. They are deep, like pits, and hold air. They have three parts of water. There are other smaller Kalash, a thousand yojanas below, with a mouth of a hundred yojanas and a thickness of ten yojanas. They have 333/1 water in the upper part, air and water in the middle, and air in the lower part. To stop the tide of water entering Jambudvipa, there are 7884 Devas. To stop the inner tide, there are 42,000 Naga Kumar Devas. To stop the outer tide, there are 72,000 Devas. To stop the tide peak, there are 60,000 Devas.
**Gostupa, Udakabhas, Shankha, and Daksim**| SR No. | 002418 |
| Book Title | Yogshastra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jayanandvijay |
| Publisher | Lehar Kundan Group |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 494 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 24 MB |