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Samavāya eighty-five
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Thus sum of uddeśanakālas of Ācārāígasūtra and Ācāracūlā (4 appendices)
is eighty-five (51+ 25 + 7 + 1 + 1). B. The Meru mountains of Dhātakī region are one thousand yojana under the ground and eighty-four thousand yojana above the ground, thus the total height is eighty-five thousand yojana. C. Rucaka is thirteenth region. The mountain Rucaka of circular shape bifurcates this island (Rucaka) and is located like a wall (prākāra). Like Meru mountain of Dhātakī region it also has the total height of eighty-five thousand yojana i.e. one thousand yojana under ground and eighty four thousand yojana above the ground.
1. Abhayadeva, p. 92. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid.
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