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[218] Movanivaabhigamsutra [79] Bhagavan! What is the distance between the upper and lower limits of this Ratnapraba earth? Gautama! The distance is one lakh eighty thousand yojanas. Bhagavan! What is the distance between the upper limit of this Ratnapraba earth and the lower limit of Kharkaanda? Gautama! The distance is sixteen thousand yojanas. Bhagavan! What is the distance between the upper limit of this Ratnapraba earth and the lower limit of Ratnakanda? Gautama! The distance is one thousand yojanas. Bhagavan! What is the distance between the upper limit of this Ratnapraba earth and the upper limit of Vajrakanda? Gautama! The distance is one thousand yojanas. Bhagavan! What is the distance between the upper limit of this Ratnapraba earth and the lower limit of Vajrakanda? Gautama! The distance is two thousand yojanas. Thus, the distance between the upper limit of Rishtkanda is fifteen thousand yojanas and the distance to the lower limit is sixteen thousand yojanas. Bhagavan! What is the distance between the upper limit of this Ratnapraba earth and the upper limit of Pankabahulkaanda? Gautama! The distance is sixteen thousand yojanas. The distance to the lower limit is one lakh yojanas. The distance to the upper limit of Apbahulkaanda is one lakh yojanas and the distance to the lower limit is one lakh eighty thousand yojanas. The distance to the upper limit of Ghanodadhi is one lakh eighty thousand yojanas and the distance to the lower limit is two lakh yojanas. The distance between the upper limit of this Ratnapraba earth and the upper limit of Dhanavat is two lakh yojanas and the distance to the lower limit is countless lakh yojanas. The distance between the upper limit of this Ratnapraba earth and the upper limit of Tanuvat is countless lakh yojanas and the distance to the lower limit is also countless lakh yojanas. Similarly, one should understand the distance between the two limits of Aavakaashantara. Bhagavan! What is the distance between the upper and lower limits of the second earth (Sharkara prabha)? Gautama! The distance is one lakh thirty-two thousand yojanas. The distance between the upper limit of Dhanodadhi is one lakh thirty-two thousand yojanas. The distance to the lower limit is one lakh fifty-two thousand yojanas.