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the sea in the south is the Eastern Videha; the Western Videha is situats ed to the West of Nisadha, to the east of (another) Nila, to the north of the sea and to the south of Meru. The Uttara Kuru is situated to the West of the Gandha mādana Mountain, to the east of Malayavat, to the north of the Nile, and to the south of Meru; and the Deva Kuru is situated in the midst of the Saumanasa Mountain in the north, the Vidyutprabha in the West, Nisadha in the south and Meru in the North." .. Evidently Videha comprising Nisadha and the Kurus seems to be a name given to the strip of land running from the sea of Japan in the east as far as the Bay of Biscay in the West and across Roumania between latitudes 43-46°; for Ramyaka Varsa, the land comprising Roumania is the next division which is defined (II. 10, 14, 15) as follows:-- * ""The Ramyaka is so called because of the charming scenery of the land and is situated between the Nila, Mountain in the south and the gold yielding mountain or land (Hairanya) in the north and between the eastern and western oceans.”
Clearly this is a strip of land running from the Pacific Ocean in the east, across north Roumania to the Bay of Biscay in the West, between latitude 46°–51. ..
"The Hairanyavata land is so called because of its not being
far from the Hairanyavata or Rukmi Mountain and is situated in the midst of Rukmi in the south, Sikharī in the north, the eastern and western Oceans.”
"Airāvata is so called on account of a king of that name having once ruled over the country; and is situated in the midst of Sikhari -Mountain in the south and the three oceans, eastern, western and the northern. . : Clearly Airāvata land is the Arctic Region and below that must necessarily be the Hairanyavata land.” '
The problem of the UniverseThe problem of the Universe comprising the animate and the inani
cts is so wide and intricate, that it has attracted the attention of the great thinkers from the hozry past down to the present day. The solutions of this difficult problem are varied and even at times conflicting. According to some this universe is a creation of the Almighty God. Some interpret the world-process as the creation of something out of nothing. Some make use of the spider's web in explaining the projection
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| SR No. | 002716 |
| Book Title | Tattvarthadhigamsutram Part 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | Umaswati, Umaswami |
| Author | Hiralal R Kapadia |
| Publisher | Jivanchandra Sakarchandra |
| Publication Year | 1929 |
| Total Pages | 472 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Philosophy, Tattvartha Sutra, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth |
| File Size | 12 MB |