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## Third Chapter: The Number of Gates of Jambudvipa
(383 Maṇābhirgāthābhiranugantavyam, tā eva gāthā pāh- 'torane, ityādi gāthātrayam' arthāt śeṣa toranādika kā kathana vijayadvāra kī tarah in tīn gāthānon se jānnā cāhie. Ve gāthāen is prakar hain 'torana' prādi / 'Vṛttikāra ne tīn gāthāon kī vṛtti kī hai isse siddh hotā hai ki unke sanmukha jo prati thī usmen ukt tīn gāthāen mūla pāṭh men honī cāhie / Varttamān men upalabdh pratiyon men ye tīn gāthāen nahīṁ miltī hain / Vṛtti ke anusār un gāthāon kā bhāvarth is prakar hai us vijayā rājadhānī ke dvāron men pratyek naiṣedhikī men do-do torana kah gaye hain, un toranon ke ūpar pratyek par āṭh-pāṭh mangal hain, un toranon par kṛṣṇa cāmar prādi se ankit dhvajāen hain. Uske bād toranon ke āge śālabhanjikāen hain, tadanantar nāgadantaka hain. Nāgadantakon men mālāen hain. Tadanantar hayasaṅghāṭādi saṅghāṭaka hain, tadanantar hayapanaktiyan, tadanantar hayavīthiyan ādi, tadanantar hayamithunakādi, tadanantar padmalatādi latāen, tadanantar caturdik svaṣṭika, tadanantar candanakalaśa, tadanantar bhṛgāraka, tadanantar prādarsaka, phir sthāla, phir pātriyan, phir supratiṣṭhaka, tadanantar manogulika, unmen jalaśūnya vātakara (ghaḍe), tadanantar ratnakarṇḍaka, phir hayakanṭha, gajakanṭha, narakanṭha, kinnarakimpuruṣa-mahora-gandharva-vṛṣabha-kanṭha kram se kahne cāhie / Tadanantar puṣpacangeṛiyan kahnī cāhie / Phir puṣpādi paṭala, simhāsana, chatra, cāmara, taila samudgak ādi kahne cāhie aur phir dhvajāen kahnī cāhie / Bajātron kā caram sūtra hai-us vijayā rājadhānī ke ek-ek dvār par ek hazar assī dhvajāen mainne aur anya tīrthankaron ne kahī hain. Dhvajāsūtra ke bād bhauma kahne cāhie. Bhaumon ke bhūmibhāga aur ullocon (bhītarī chhaton) kā varṇan pūrvavat jānnā cāhie. Un bhaumon ke ṭhīk madhyabhāga men navame-navame bhauma ke madhyabhāga men vijayadev ke yogya simhāsana hain jaise ki vijayadvāra ke pāncave bhauma men hain kintu s parivāra simhāsana kahne cāhie / Śeṣa bhaumon men s parivāra bhadrāsana kahne cāhie / Un dvāron kā uparī ākar solah prakar ke ratnon se upasoṣbhit hain. Solah ratnon ke nām pūrv men kahe jā cuke hain / Yāvat un par chatra par chatra lage hue hain / Is prakar sab milākar (vijaya) rājadhānī ke pānch sau dvār kahe gaye hain. 136. [1] Vijayāe ṇam rāyahānīe cauddisi pañcapañcajoyanasayāī abahāe, ettha ṇam cattāri vaṇasaṇḍā paṇṇattā, tam jahā-prasogavaṇe sattivaṇṇavaṇe campakavaṇe cūyavaṇe / Puraṭhimeṇam asogavaṇe, dāhiṇṇaṇam sattivaṇṇavaṇe, paccatthimeṇam campagavaṇe uttareṇam cayavaṇe / Te ṇam baṇasaṇḍā sāiregāī duvālasajoyanasahasāī āyameṇam pañcajoyanasayāī vikkhambheṇam paṇṇatā patteyam patteyam pāgāraparikkhittā kiṇhā kiṇhōbhāsā vaṇasaṇḍavaṇṇao bhāṇiyabdhō jāv vahade vāṇamantara devā ya devōō ya āsayanti sayanti ciṭṭhati ṇisodanti tuyati ramaṇti lalaṇti kīlaṇti mohaṇti purāpōrāṇāṇam suciṇṇāṇam suparakkamtāṇam subhāṇam kammāṇam kaḍāṇam kallāṇāṇam phalavittivisēsam paccaṇabhavamāṇā viharati / Tesim ṇam vaṇasaṇḍāṇam bahumajjhadesabhāe patteyam patteyam pāsayadiṣagā paṇṇattā, te ṇ pāsayavaḍiṣagā vāṭuṁ joyanāī addhajoyanam ca uḍḍhe uccaṭṭeṇam, ekkatīsam joyanāī kosam ca āyāmavik khambheṇam agbhagga yamuss im० tahev jāv antō bahusamaramanijjā bhūmibhāgā paṇṇattā ulloȳā pauma layābhatticittā bhāṇiyamvā / Tesim ṇam pāsayadiṣagāṇam bahumajjhadesabhāe patteyam patteyam sīhāsana paṇṇatā vaṇṇāvāso s parivārā. Tesigam pāsayadiṣagāṇam uppi bahave aṭṭhamangalagā jhyā chattāīchattā.