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## Third Chapter: The Statement of Islands and Seas in the Context of the Tiryanch Lok
[345] The Jambudvipa is surrounded on all sides by a group of lattices (jalī) which are spread out in all directions. This group of lattices is half a yojana high, five hundred dhanus wide, made of all precious gems, pure, soft, smooth, beautiful, and very beautiful.
In the Tiryanch Lok, the Jambudvipa is the first of the islands and seas. It is the beginning of the islands and seas, and their end is in the Svayambhu Ramanasamudra. Therefore, the Jambudvipa is the innermost of all the islands and seas. It is the smallest because all the seas and islands beyond it are twice as large as the previous one.
Beyond the Jambudvipa is the Lavanasamudra, which is two lakh yojanas wide. Beyond that is the Dhatukikhand, which is four lakh yojanas wide. In this way, the size doubles with each successive sea and island.
The Jambudvipa is spherical in shape. This roundness is explained through similes. It is round like a malpua cooked in oil. A malpua cooked in ghee does not have the same roundness as one cooked in oil, hence the epithet "tellapay" (cooked in oil). Another simile is that of a chariot wheel. The Jambudvipa is round like a chariot wheel. The third simile is that of a lotus seed. It is round like a lotus seed. The fourth simile is that of a full moon. The Jambudvipa is round like the full moon. It is not round like a bangle.
The Jambudvipa is one lakh yojanas long and wide, and its circumference (parikshep gheeraav) is three lakh sixteen thousand two hundred twenty-seven (316227) yojanas, three kos, one hundred twenty-eight dhanus, and slightly more than thirteen and a half angulas. (The circumference is approximately three times the diameter).
Around the Jambudvipa is a jagati, which is like the rampart of a city. The jagati is eight yojanas high and twelve yojanas wide at the base, four yojanas wide in the middle and at the top, meaning it is shaped like a raised go-puccha (tail of a cow). It is entirely made of precious gems. It is pure like light and crystal, smooth like a cloth made of fine threads because it is made of smooth particles, smooth like a crumpled cloth, polished like a stone statue rubbed with a smooth stone, free from natural dust, free from external dirt, free from blemishes like darkness, free from shadows because of its bright light, impressive in its form, beautiful in its unique beauty, full of rays of light, illuminating external objects, pleasing to the mind, not tiring the mind or the eyes when looked at, therefore it is worth seeing. Its form is very attractive to those who see it. Its form remains as new as ever, therefore it is a prototype.
This jagati is surrounded by a lattice (jalaktak). Just as there are windows and skylights in the walls of a building, there are lattices all around. This group of lattices is two kos high and five hundred dhanus wide. This is the measurement of one lattice. This jalaktak (group of lattices) ...