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## 30] [Jivajivaabhigamsutra, O Bhagavan! What is the diameter of the salt ocean (Lavanasamudra)? What is its circumference? What is its depth? What is its height? What is its total measure? _ Gautama! The diameter of the salt ocean is two lakh yojanas. Its circumference is slightly less than fifteen lakh eighty-one thousand one hundred thirty-nine (1581139) yojanas. Its depth is one thousand yojanas. Its height (utsedha) is sixteen thousand yojanas. / The total measure, including both depth (udvedha) and height (utsedha), is seventeen thousand yojanas. Discussion - The shape of the salt ocean has been described in various ways, taking into account different perspectives. / It has been said to be shaped like a Gotirtha (a type of water vessel) due to the gradual increase in depth. It has been said to be shaped like a boat due to the gradual increase in water level on both sides, compared to the flat land. It has been said to be shaped like a soap bubble due to the combination of the water of the depth (udvedha) and the water of the increase in water level. It has been said to be shaped like a horse's hump due to the elevation of 95 thousand yojanas on both sides and the high peak of sixteen thousand yojanas. It has been said to be shaped like a Valabhi (a type of building) due to the peak of ten thousand yojanas in width, appearing like a Valabhi. The salt ocean is round and shaped like a bead. The diameter, circumference, depth, height, and total measure of the salt ocean are clear from the original meaning. ' 1. Here, the ancient teachers have also calculated the volume and surface area of the salt ocean, which is being provided here for those who are curious. The calculation of the surface area is as follows: From the two lakh yojanas of the salt ocean, ten thousand yojanas are subtracted, and half of the remaining amount is taken - this results in 95000. The previously subtracted ten thousand yojanas are added to this amount, resulting in 105000. This amount is called koti. This koti is multiplied by the middle circumference (paririya) of the salt ocean, which is 948683, to obtain the surface area. That surface area is - 99611715000 / It is said: "Subtract ten thousand from the width, then take half of the remaining amount. / That, added to the previous ten thousand, is the koti of the salt ocean." ||1|| "Multiply the koti by one lakh five thousand, then multiply by the middle circumference of the salt ocean. / This will be the surface area." // 2 // "Nine hundred ninety-six koti, one hundred eighty-three lakh seventy-seven thousand. / This is the surface area of the salt ocean, as determined." ||3|| The calculation of the volume is as follows: The height of the salt ocean is 16000 yojanas, and the depth is one thousand yojanas, totaling seventeen thousand yojanas. Multiplying this number by the previously calculated surface area gives the volume of the salt ocean. / That is - 1693399155000000 yojanas / It is said: "Sixteen thousand yojanas is the height of the salt ocean, and one thousand yojanas is the depth. / Multiplying the surface area by seventeen thousand gives the volume of the salt ocean." // 1 // "Sixteen koti koti, nine hundred ninety-six koti, one hundred thousand. / Forty-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-six, and fifteen." // 2 // - (On the next page)