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[Diverse Subject Elucidation]
[201st Chapter, It is said that in the time of Kal, Mahakal, Roruk, Maharoruk, and the fifth one called Apratisthan, these are the names of the five great hells. These hells are circular (vatta) and triangular (trayast). The Apratisthan hell in the middle is circular, and the other four hells in the four directions are triangular. The bottom part of these hells is shaped like a khurappa (a type of knife). These hells are inauspicious and contain inauspicious torments.
Seventh Earth: [O Bhagavan! How much area is covered by the hells in the seventh earth?]
Gautam! In the seventh earth, which is one lakh eight thousand yojanas in extent, there are five great hells, called Kal, Mahakal, Roruk, Maharoruk, and the fifth one called Apratisthan, located in the middle three thousand yojanas after descending fifty-two thousand five hundred yojanas from the top and leaving fifty-two thousand five hundred yojanas from the bottom.
586- [O Bhagavan! How many abodes of the Asura Kumaras are there?]
Gautam! In this Ratnapraba earth, which is one lakh eighty thousand yojanas in extent, after descending one thousand yojanas from the top and leaving one thousand yojanas from the bottom, there are sixty-four lakh abodes of the Asura Kumaras in the middle one lakh seventy-eight thousand yojanas. These abodes are circular on the outside, square on the inside, and situated in the shape of a lotus bud. They are surrounded by moats and ditches, which are very deep. Between the moats and ditches, there are palis (walls) built. These abodes are equipped with attalakas (upper stories), charikas (courtyards), doors, gopuras (tower gateways), kapatas (doors), toranas (arches), prati dwaras (gateways), and desha rupa bhagas (regions). They are equipped with yantras (machines), musalas (pestles), bhusundhis (weapons), and shataghnis (weapons). They are invincible against enemy armies. They are made up of forty-eight kothas (rooms) and adorned with forty-eight vanamalas (garlands of trees). Their land and walls are plastered with fine plaster and are smooth. They are decorated with goshirshchandana (sandalwood) and
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A moat is a ditch that has the same width at the top and bottom, while a ditch is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom.