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[12] [Jivajivaabhigamsutra 159. (a) O Bhagavan! How many Velandhar Nagarajas are mentioned? Gautama! Four Velandhar Nagarajas are mentioned, their names are Gostup, Shivaka, Shankha and Manahshilak. O Bhagavan! How many Avasaparbata are mentioned for these four Velandhar Nagarajas? Gautama! Four Avasaparbata are mentioned / their names are - Gostup, Udakbhas, Shankha and Daksim / O Bhagavan! Where is the Avasaparbata named Gostup of the Velandhar Nagaraja Gostup? Gautama! In the Jambudvipa, east of the Meru Parvata, in the Lavanasamudra, after going forty-two thousand yojanas, there is the Avasaparbata named Gostup of the Velandhar Nagaraja Gostup. It is seventeen hundred twenty-one (1721) yojanas high, four hundred thirty yojanas and one kosa deep, ten hundred twenty-two (1022) yojanas long and wide at the base, seven hundred twenty-three (723) yojanas long and wide in the middle and four hundred twenty-four (424) yojanas long and wide at the top. Its circumference is slightly less than three thousand two hundred thirty-two (3232) yojanas at the base, slightly more than two thousand two hundred eighty-four (2284) yojanas in the middle and slightly less than one thousand three hundred forty-one (1341) yojanas at the top / It is wide at the base, narrow in the middle and thin at the top, shaped like a Gopuccha, entirely made of gold, clean and perfect. It is surrounded on all sides by a Padmavaravedika and a Vanakhanda. Both should be described. The upper part of the Gostup Avasaparbata is called Bahusamarmaniya Bhoomibhaga, all the descriptions should be known as before, there are many Naga Kumar Devas and Devis residing there. In the middle of that Bahusamarmaniya Bhoomibhaga, there is a large Prasadavatsanka which is sixty-two and a half yojanas high, thirty-one and a quarter yojanas long and wide, the description should be known like that of the Prasadavatsanka of Vijayadeva, including the throne with family. O Bhagavan! Why is the Gostup Avasaparbata called Gostup Avasaparbata? O Gautama! On the Gostup Avasaparbata, there are many small wells, etc., in which there are many Utpal Kamals, etc., of Gostup color, there is a Mahaddhik Deva named Gostup residing there, who has a Palyopama position. That Gostup Deva rules over four thousand Samanik Devas, etc., the Gostup Avasaparbata and the Gostupa Rajdhani. For this reason, it is called Gostup Avasaparbata. It is eternal (in substance) / Therefore, this name has been in use since time immemorial. O Bhagavan! Where is the Gostupa Rajdhani of the Gostup Deva? O Gautama! The Gostupa Rajdhani is in another Lavanasamudra, after crossing countless islands and seas in the Tiryadiksha, east of the Gostup Avasaparbata / Its description should be known like that of the Vijaya Rajdhani / Bhanta! Where is the Avasaparbata of the Sivagassa Velandharanagara? 159