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Samavāya eleven
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extension is 11:1. Thus at the height of 99,000 yojan of Meru mountain, the decrease in extension will be 99,000 divided by eleven (99,000 + 11) i.e. 9,000 yojan. Therefore the extension at the peak, which is 10, 000 yojan at the base, will be (10,000--9,000 ) one thousand yojan.
1. Avaśyakacūrņi, p. 334-339.
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