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Bhagavai 5:1:24-28
bhāniyavvä.
O Lord! in the Dhatakīkhaṇḍa Island the suns rise between the north and east and set between the west and the south. The description about the Dhatakikhanda follows the same pattern as in the case of the Jambu Island, with the difference that all the dialogues are to be stated just like the present dialogue.
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5.25 jaya nam bhamte! dhāyaisamde dive dahinaddhe divase bhavai, tadā ṇam uttaraḍdhe vi; jayā nam uttaraḍdhe, tayā ņam dhāyaisamde dive mamdarāṇam pavvayaṇam puratthima-paccatthime nam rat bhavai
hamta goyama! evam ceva java rai bhavai
Is there O Lord! day-time also in the northern half, when there is day-time in the southern half of the Dhätakikhanda Island (continent)? Is there night-time in the east and west of the Mount Meru in the Dhatakikhanda, when there is day-time in the northern half?
Yes, Gautama! this is just so-there is night-time.... half.
5.26 jayā ņam bhamte! dhayaisamḍe dive mamdarāṇam pavvayāṇam puratthime nam divase bhavai, tayä nam paccatthime navi; jaya nam paccatthime nam divase bhavai, taya ṇam dhayaisamde dive mamdarāṇam pavvayāṇam uttara-dāhine nam rat bhavai?
hamtā goyamā! jāva bhavai
O Lord! is there day-time also in the western part, when there is day-time in the eastern part of Mount Meru in the Dhatakikhanda Island? Is there night-time in the northern and southern parts of the Mount Meru in the Dhātakīkhanda Island when there is day-time in the western part? Yes, Gautama!...... up to there is night-time.
5.27 evam eenam abhilāveṇam neyavvam jāva jayā ṇam bhamte! dahinaḍdhe padhama osappiņi tayā ṇam uttaraddhe vi; jaya nam uttaraddhe, taya nam dhāyaisamḍe mamdarāṇam pavvayāṇam puratthima-paccatthime nam natthi osappiņi jāva samanäuso?
hamta goyama! jāva samaṇāuso.
In the same way, according to this dialogue it is to be understood...... up to O Lord! when there is the first ascending time-cycle in the southern half, is there the first ascending time-cycle in the northern half also? When there is the first ascending time-cycle in the northern half, are there not the ascending and descending time-cycles in the eastern and western parts of the Mount Meru in the Dhatakikhanda Island?...... up to O Long-lived Ascetic? Yes, Gautama! up to O Long-lived Ascetic.
5.28 jaha lavaṇasamuddassa vattavvayā tahā kālodassa vi bhāniyavva, navaram kälodassa nämam bhāniyavvam.
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