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## Third Chapter: Description of the Moon Islands in Jambudvipa
[17] In Jambudvipa, there is a vast, earthly pleasure garden called Atikridaavas, belonging to the Lord of Salt, Susthita Deva. It is sixty-two and a half yojanas high and one hundred and twenty-five yojanas wide, supported by hundreds of pillars. The description of the main building should be mentioned. In this Atikridaavas pleasure garden, there is a very beautiful land, the description of which should be given, starting with the touch of jewels. In the exact middle of this beautiful land, there is a jewel platform. This jewel platform is two yojanas long and wide, one yojana high, and entirely made of jewels. It is pure and perfect. On top of this jewel platform, there is a divine bed. Its description should be known as before.
O Bhagavan! Why is Gautamdvipa called Gautamdvipa? Gautam! In Gautamdvipa, there are many lotuses and lilies, which have the shape and radiance of a Gautama (Gomaedaratna) jewel. Therefore, it is called Gautamdvipa. This Gautamdvipa is eternal in terms of its substance. Therefore, its name is also eternal and without any cause.
O Bhagavan! Where is the capital city of Susthita Deva, the Lord of Salt, called Susthita? Gautam! In the west of Gautamdvipa, after crossing countless islands and seas diagonally, there is the capital city Susthita in another salt sea. It is found twelve thousand yojanas further in the other salt sea. All the details should be known like the description of the capital city of Gostupa, until the great Deva Susthita is found there.
## Description of the Moon Islands in Jambudvipa 162
Tell me, Venerable One! What is the name of the Moon Island among the Moon Islands in Jambudvipa? Gotama! In Jambudvipa, twelve thousand yojanas east of the Mandara Mountain, in the salt sea, there is the Moon Island, called Chandadvipa. It is forty-nine and a half yojanas wide from the edge of Jambudvipa, and the water is five and a half yojanas deep. The water is two kosas deep in the salt sea. It is twelve thousand yojanas in length and breadth, and its description is like that of Gotamadvipa.
The leaves of the Paumavaraveiya trees are covered with forests, and they are of two colors. There are many beautiful lands, until the gods reside there. In the middle of these beautiful lands, there are jewel platforms, two yojanas wide, and the thrones with their families should be described in the same way.
Gotama! In many small and large caves, there are many lotuses, which have the color of the moon. The gods reside there, until the second transformation of the Paliyovam.
There, in each forest, there are four thousand yojanas, until the Moon Islands, and the kings of the Moon Islands.