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and so on, thus, the last four islands being 900 yojanas away from the earth. The twenty-eight (28) inner islands begin with Ekoruka and Abhāsita and end with Nigūdh-danta and Suddhadanta. In the very same way, there are 28 islands on the Sikharin Mountain; thus in all the inner islands are 56 in number. Thhy born in (and so residing in these autardvipa islands are called antar dvipaga.
The word ca (and) shows addition (23) (Those living beings which are produced in the embryo by ile union of the male and the female, which are nourished in the embryo for a specified period of time, and which are born into the world after a definite period of time for maturation are called Garbhaja (born of an enibryo). Garbha (ani embryo, uterus) is an internal part of the generative organs of the female Birth after remaining for a specified time in the interior of the belly of the female is called Garbha Janma (Birth from an embryo).
All the creations, except these, produced by extrancous surroundings, without the union of the parents are of Sammarcchima Janma
One-sensed, two-sensed, three-sensed and four sensed living creatures are sammtrcchima.
Pancéndriya tiryancas (five sensed sub-luman beings) aud Pancéndriya manusyas five senised human beings) are both
11. Saurastra 12. Vidélia 13 Vatsa-desa 14. Šāndriya 15. Malaya-déśa 16. Vaccha-desa 17. Varaya-desa 18. Daśārņa--déśa
Dvārāvati Milhilā Kausambi Nandipura Bhaddilapura Vairāçapura Accha Nagari Mrittikāyati
