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## Anekottarika - Vridhi - Samavaya
[163]
The distance between the peak of the Nishadha mountain and the middle of the first continent of this Ratnapraba earth is nine hundred yojanas.
Similarly, the distance of the Neelavant mountain should also be understood as nine hundred yojanas. Nishadha mountain is the third and Neelavant mountain is the fourth among the Varshadhara mountains. The distance between both is the same.
483 - All Graiveyak Vimanas are said to be ten hundred (1000) yojanas high.
All Yamak mountains are said to be ten hundred yojanas high. They are also said to be ten hundred gavyutis (1000 koshas) deep. They are ten hundred yojanas in diameter at the base. Similarly, the Chitra-vichitra Kutas should also be considered.
**Explanation:**
There are two mountains named Yamak on both sides of the Sita Mahanadi river in Uttar Kuru, north of the Neelavant and Varshadhara mountains. Similarly, there are two mountains named Chitra-vichitra on both sides of the Sitoda river in Devakuru, south of the Nishadha mountain. Therefore, there are five Sita and Sitoda rivers in the Ardha-dvipa, hence the reference to ten Yamak Kutas in this sutra. They are all one thousand yojanas high, one thousand koshas deep in the earth, and circular in shape, making them one thousand yojanas in diameter.
484 - All Vatta-veitaadhya mountains are ten hundred yojanas high. Their depth is ten hundred gavyutis. They are ten hundred yojanas in diameter at the base. Their shape is round like a drum (palyanka) from top to bottom.
485 - All Hari and Harissah Kutas, except for the Vakshara Kuta, are ten hundred yojanas high and ten hundred yojanas in diameter at the base. Similarly, all Balakutas, except for the Nandana Kuta, should be understood to be ten hundred yojanas in diameter.
486 - The Arhat, Arhitthnemi, protected all beings for ten thousand years, being a Siddha and Buddha, until all suffering ceased. The Arhat who comes after him will be a Jina for ten thousand years. The Arhat who comes after him will be a...