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## Third Rebirth: The Vaidyant and Other Gates
[423] At the southern end of the Jambudvipa island, north of the salt sea in the south, is the Vaidyant gate. It is eight yojanas high and four yojanas wide. All the descriptions should be the same as those given for the Vijay gate, except that the Vaidyant gate is eternal.
**Lord! Where is the capital city of Vaidyant deva, called Vaidyanti?**
**Gautama!** After crossing countless island seas in the southern direction of the Vaidyant gate, the description should be similar to that of the Vijay gate, until you reach the great deva named Vaidyant.
**Lord! Where is the Jayant gate of Jambudvipa?**
**Gautama!** Forty-five thousand yojanas west of Mount Meru, at the western end of Jambudvipa, east of the salt sea, and beyond the Shitota river, is the Jayant gate of Jambudvipa.
The same description should be given until you reach the great deva named Jayant, whose capital city is located after crossing countless island seas in the western direction of the Jayant gate. The description is similar to that of the Vijay capital.
**Lord! Where is the Aparajit gate of Jambudvipa?**
**Gautama!** Forty-five thousand yojanas north of Mount Meru, at the northern end of Jambudvipa, south of the northern part of the salt sea, is the Aparajit gate of Jambudvipa. Its description is similar to that of the Vijay gate.
Its capital city is located after crossing countless island seas in the northern direction of the Aparajit gate. The description is similar to that of the Vijay capital, until you reach the great deva named Aparajit.
These four capitals are not in this famous Jambudvipa, but in another Jambudvipa.
**145. Lord! What is the distance between these gates of Jambudvipa?**
**Gautama!** The distance between each gate is said to be nineteen thousand fifty-two yojanas and half a yojana. [79052 yojanas and half a yojana]
**Explanation:** The distance between each gate is said to be nineteen thousand fifty-two yojanas and half a yojana. This is explained as follows: Each gate has a branch-like structure [wall] that is one kos thick, and each gate is four yojanas wide. Thus, the total width of the four gates and their walls is fifteen yojanas. The circumference of Jambudvipa is three lakh sixteen thousand two hundred twenty-seven [316227] yojanas, three kos, one hundred eight dhanus, and slightly more than thirteen angulas.
From this, the total width of the four gates and their branch-like structures is eighteen...