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Bhagavai 3:2:119-128
1 yojana=2 gavyutas or gavyuties. But, here we calculate according to the former belief.
In order to transform the above figure into integral number, we should multiply the yojanas by twelve and gavyūta by three. The result will then be as follows
Sakra
Vajra
Camara
08
24
12
Upward Horizontal
18
10
Downward
12
08
24
1. Abhi. Ci. 3.551-gavyútam krośah. Ibid., 3.551-552-.......... ..............tau dvau tu gorutam..
gavyā gavyūta gavyütī catuskośantu yojanam. 2. Apte. gavyūta, gavyūtih
1. A measure of length nearly equal to two miles or one krosa. 2. A measure of distance equal to two krosas.
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Camarassa cimtā-padam 3.127 tae nam se camare asurimde asurarāyā vajjabhayavippamukke, sakkeņam
devimdenam devarannā mahayā avamānenam avamänie samāne camaracamcāe rāyahānie sabhāe suhammāe camaramsi sīhāsanamsi ohayamanasamkappe cimtāsoyasāgarasampavitthe karayalapalhatthamuhe attajjhānovagae
bhūmigayaditthie jhiyāti. The Topic of Worry by Camara Camara, the chief and the king of Asuras, was now freed from any fear of the Vajra. But, being subjected to great insult by Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, he was engrossed in mournful meditation, fixing his gaze on the ground, pondering over something, seated on the Camara throne in the Sudharmā Hall of the capital city Camaracañcā, with bruised thought, immersed in the occasion of worries and lamentation, resting his face on his palm.
3.128 tue nam camaram asurimdam asurarāyam sāmāniyaparisovavannayā devā
ohayamanasumkappam jāva jhiyāyamānam pāsumti, päsittā karayalapariggahiyam dasanaham sirasāvattam matthae amjuilm kattu jaenam vijaenam vaddhāvemti, vaddhāvettā evam vayāsi-kim nam devānuppiyā! ohayamanasamkappa cimtāsoyasāgarasampavitthā karayalupalhatthamuhā attajjhānovagayā bhūmigayaditthīyā jhiyāyaha? The gods, born in the co-chiefs' assembly, find Camara, the chief and the king of Asuras, engrossed in bruised thought ..... up to resting his face on
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