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Q. Gotama! Do they shine in one direction, or in all six directions?
A. Gotama! They do not shine in one direction, they shine in all six directions. - Viya. S. 8, U. 8, Su. 39, 40
Q. Venerable Sir! On Jambudvipa, does the sun's light illuminate the land that is below, the land that is above, or the land that is neither above nor below?
A. Gotama! It does not illuminate the land that is neither above nor below, it illuminates the land that is below, it does not illuminate the land that is above, it is like this, it is like this, as long as they shine in all six directions. - Viya. S. 8, U. 8, Su. 41-42
Q. Venerable Sir! On Jambudvipa, how high does the sun's light extend? How low does it extend? How far does it extend sideways?
A. Gotama! It extends one hundred yojanas high, eighteen hundred yojanas low, and sixty-six yojanas sideways, twice that number of yojanas, and twenty-one yojanas. - Viya. S. 8, U. 8, Su. 45
Q. Venerable Sir! Does it shine proportionally, or disproportionately?
A. Gotama! It shines proportionally, it does not shine disproportionately.
Q. Venerable Sir! In which direction does it shine?
A. Gotama! It shines in all six directions. - Viya. S. 8, U. 8, Su. 39
Note [Q. Venerable Sir! Does it shine in one direction, or in all six directions?
A. Gotama! It does not shine in one direction, it shines in all six directions.] (Variant reading) 1. Jambu. Vakkh. 7, Su. 137 2. Jambu. Vakkh. 7, Su. 137 3. (a) Jambu. Vakkh. 7, 139
(b) Suriy. Pa. 4, Su. 25
The sun's chariot is one hundred yojanas above the chariot of Saturn, and that is the limit of the celestial sphere. Therefore, there is no heat zone above this. 4. From the western Mahavideha of Jambudvipa towards the Jayanta Gate, near the Salt Sea, the land is one thousand yojanas below. In comparison to this, the sun's chariot is one thousand yojanas high and eight hundred yojanas high from the level ground near Meru. Combining these eight hundred yojanas, the heat zone below the sun's chariot is eighteen hundred yojanas. In other islands, the land remains level. Therefore, the heat zone below the sun there is only eight hundred yojanas. Combining the eighteen hundred yojanas of the heat zone below and the one hundred yojanas of the heat zone above, the sun's heat zone is nineteen hundred yojanas. 5. The sideways heat zone is mentioned in relation to the east-west direction, meaning that the sun is visible to the human eye at that distance.
In the north, the sun is visible at a distance of forty-five thousand yojanas minus one hundred and eighty yojanas, and in the south, it is visible at a distance of thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three yojanas in the island and one hundred and eighty yojanas in the Salt Sea, plus one-third of a yojana.