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[226] There are some like the *jivajivaabhigamsutra* drum, some like the *bheri* (a type of drum), some like the *jhallari* (a type of cymbal), some like the *kustumbaka* (a type of musical instrument), and some like the *naadi ghatika* (a type of timekeeping device). In this way, one should say up to the sixth hell, the earth. O Bhagavan! How is the institution of the hells of the seventh earth? Gautama: They are of two types: circular and triangular. [2] O Bhagavan! How thick are the hells of the *ratnaprabha* earth? Gautama: They are three thousand yojanas thick. They are dense for one thousand yojanas below, hollow for one thousand yojanas in the middle, and compressed for one thousand yojanas above. In this way, one should say up to the seventh earth. O Bhagavan! How long, wide, and circumferenced are the hells of the *ratnaprabha* earth? Gautama: They are of two types: those with a countable number of yojanas in their expanse and those with an uncountable number of yojanas in their expanse. Those with a countable number of yojanas in their expanse have a length and width of a countable number of thousands of yojanas and a circumference of a countable number of thousands of yojanas. Those with an uncountable number of yojanas in their expanse have a length and width of an uncountable number of thousands of yojanas and a circumference of an uncountable number of thousands of yojanas. In this way, one should say up to the sixth earth. O Bhagavan! How about the seventh earth? Gautama: They are of two types: those with a countable number of yojanas in their expanse and those with an uncountable number of yojanas in their expanse. Those with a countable number of yojanas in their expanse have a length and width of one thousand yojanas and a circumference of three thousand yojanas, sixteen thousand two hundred and twenty-seven yojanas, three *kosa*, twenty-eight *dhanus* (bows), thirteen *angula* (fingers), half an *angula*, and a little bit more. Those with an uncountable number of yojanas in their expanse have a length and width of an uncountable number of thousands of yojanas and a circumference of an uncountable number of yojanas. [82-2] O Bhagavan! How thick are the hells of the *ratnaprabha* earth? Gautama: They are three thousand yojanas thick. They are dense for one thousand yojanas below, hollow for one thousand yojanas in the middle, and compressed for one thousand yojanas above. In this way, one should say up to the seventh earth. O Bhagavan! How long, wide, and circumferenced are the hells of the *ratnaprabha* earth? Gautama: They are of two types: those with a countable number of yojanas in their expanse and those with an uncountable number of yojanas in their expanse. Those with a countable number of yojanas in their expanse have a length and width of a countable number of thousands of yojanas and a circumference of a countable number of thousands of yojanas. Those with an uncountable number of yojanas in their expanse have a length and width of an uncountable number of thousands of yojanas and a circumference of an uncountable number of thousands of yojanas. In this way, one should say up to the sixth earth.