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The description of the Salt Ocean in the third section of the text is as follows: 154. The island named Jambudvipa is surrounded by the Salt Ocean, which is completely enclosed by a circular wall.
O Venerable! Is the Salt Ocean circular or non-circular?
It is circular, O Venerable!
O Venerable! What is the diameter of the Salt Ocean and what is its circumference?
O Venerable! The Salt Ocean has a diameter of two hundred thousand yojanas and a circumference of fifteen hundred thousand yojanas, eighty-two thousand yojanas, one hundred yojanas, and four yojanas, plus a little more.
It is surrounded on all sides by a single mountain range called the Pumvaraveya, which is covered with a forest of sandalwood trees. The Pumvaraveya mountain is half a yojana high, five hundred dhanus wide, and has a circumference equal to that of the Salt Ocean. The rest is the same.
The sandalwood forest extends for two yojanas and then ends.
O Venerable! How many gates does the Salt Ocean have?
O Venerable! It has four gates: Vijaya, Vejayante, Jayante, and Aparajita.
O Venerable! Where is the gate named Vijaya located in the Salt Ocean?
O Venerable! The gate named Vijaya is located in the Salt Ocean at the eastern end of the Dhayi-khanda, at the eastern end of the southern part of the Dhayi-khanda, at the western end of the Maha-nadi, and at the beginning of the Salt Ocean. It is eight yojanas high and four yojanas wide. The rest is the same as the Vijaya gate of Jambudvipa, which is located at the eastern end of the Rayahani.
O Venerable! Where is the gate named Vejayante located in the Salt Ocean?
O Venerable! The gate named Vejayante is located in the Salt Ocean at the southern end of the Dhayi-khanda, at the southern end of the northern part of the Dhayi-khanda. The rest is the same.
The same applies to the Jayante gate, which is located at the beginning of the Navari-siya Maha-nadi.
The same applies to the Aparajita gate, which is located at the beginning of the Gavara-disibhaga.
O Venerable! What is the distance between the gates of the Salt Ocean?
O Venerable! The distance between the gates is three hundred thousand yojanas, five hundred yojanas, and two hundred yojanas, eighty yojanas. The distance between the gates of the Salt Ocean is two hundred thousand yojanas. // 1 //
The distance between the gates of the Salt Ocean is two hundred thousand yojanas. 1. The same applies to the Vijaya gate. 2. Some manuscripts contain a complete description of all four gates in the original text, but this has already been mentioned and is not consistent with the commentary, so it has not been included here.