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[42] Gautama! The Manushottara mountain, which is round and situated in the middle of the Pushkaravardvipa, is surrounded by a circular structure. This mountain divides the Pushkaravardvipa into two parts: the inner Pushkarardha and the outer Pushkarardha. / Lord! What is the diameter of the inner Pushkarardha and what is its circumference? Gautama! Its diameter is eight lakh yojanas and its circumference is one crore, forty-two lakh, thirty thousand, two hundred and forty-nine (1,42,30,249) yojanas. / The circumference of the Manushya-kshetra is also the same. Lord! Why is the inner Pushkarardha called the inner Pushkarardha? Gautama! The inner Pushkarardha is surrounded on all sides by the Manushottara mountain. Therefore, it is called the inner Pushkarardha. / Secondly, it is eternal (hence it is called animittaka). Lord! How many moons were, are and will be illuminating the inner Pushkarardha? The same question should be asked about the countless stars. _ Gautama! Seventy-two moons and seventy-two suns illuminate the Pushkaravardvipa and move around it. / / 1 // Six thousand three hundred and thirty-six Mahagrahas and two thousand sixteen stars move and combine with the moon and others. / / 2 // Forty-eight lakh twenty thousand two hundred countless stars adorn the place, adorned it and will adorn it. / / 3 // Discussion - Everywhere, by countless stars, one should understand crores (koti). / The ancient teachers have explained it in this way. Because the area is small. Other teachers, according to the Utshedha-anguli-pramana, consider countless as countless. / It is said