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[230] (How can we know the extent of this innumerable number? Therefore, the Lord has explained it through an analogy. The analogy is as follows: The island we live on is called Jambudvipa. It is named after the Jambū tree, which is eight yojanas high and made of jewels. Jambudvipa is the innermost of all islands and oceans, meaning it is the most fundamental and the smallest among them. All the subsequent salt oceans and Ghatakikhanda islands are twice the size of Jambudvipa in terms of their dimensions. Jambudvipa is circular, like a fried puri. The term "fried" is used because a puri fried in oil is generally rounder than one fried in ghee. It is round like a chariot wheel, a lotus seed, and a full moon. Different analogies have been used to explain this to people from different countries. The diameter of Jambudvipa is one lakh yojanas. Its circumference is three lakh, sixteen thousand, two hundred and twenty-seven yojanas, three kosas, one hundred and twenty-eight dhanushas, and slightly more than thirteen and a half angulas. A god who possesses great wealth, is radiant, strong, glorious, powerful, happy, and has a vast mind and senses that can perceive their objects well, and who has unimaginable power to perform specific actions, can traverse this Jambudvipa twenty-one times in the time it takes to clap three times, saying "I will cross it, I will cross it." If this god were to travel continuously for six months, starting from one day, he could cross some of the Narakas of Ratnaprabha, but not all of them. These Narakas are that vast. The same can be said for Tamahpraba. There are five Narakas in the seventh earth. Of these, the middle one, called Apratisthana, is one lakh yojanas in diameter, and therefore can be crossed. The remaining four Narakas are countless koti-koti yojanas in size, and therefore cannot be crossed. This is how the extent of the Narakas has been explained through analogy. The Narakas are made of... 85. "O Bhagavan! What are the Narakas of Ratnaprabha earth made of?" "Gautama! They are made entirely of vajra (diamond)." In those Narakas, many beings and liberated souls fall, wander, suffer, and are tormented. They are tormented by the heat of the Narakas, by the colors, smells, tastes, and touches of the Narakas. This continues until the seventh earth. [85]