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## Jivasamas/136
**Solution:** This is known from the teachings that have come down through the lineage of the Acharyas, and it is not only a Sutra that indicates the diameter and height of the Mahamatsya, but it is also not a rule, because it is stated in the Sutra, "Khoyansahasso tti," meaning "one thousand yojanas," that this is the information about it.
These diameter and height are the same for the Mahamatsya everywhere. The measure of the diameter and height at the mouth and tail is only this much, because no Sutra or explanation is found that describes a different diameter and height in these. And without this, the instruction of one thousand yojanas does not even form.
Seeing the fish here, many Acharyas say, "The mouth and tail of the Mahamatsya are extremely subtle," but this does not happen, and in some places, there is seen a deviation in the limbs of the fish, or these diameter and height are proven to be equal, many Acharyas say. Another thing is that the Mahamatsya with an extremely subtle mouth cannot swallow other fish like Timigala, which can dive one hundred yojanas, because it encounters opposition in that. Therefore, in the explanation, the above-mentioned diameter and height of the Mahamatsya should be accepted.
The area of the Mahamatsya, which is one thousand yojanas in length, five hundred yojanas in height, and half of that, i.e., two hundred and fifty yojanas in width, is also the measure of the Sankasa Pramana Jangul of the Banphal.
It is said in Tiloayapannati, Part 2, Chapter 5, page 640, that the most excellent diving depth of a Sammuchchhana Mahamatsya born in the area located in the outer part of the Swayamprabhachal is seen, which is one thousand yojanas in length, five hundred yojanas in width, and half of that, i.e., two hundred and fifty yojanas in height. When its Pramanangul is calculated, it becomes four thousand five hundred twenty-six crore eighty-four lakh thirty-two thousand two hundred crore Pramaghanaangul. That is, 1000-500-250-125000000 yojanas cubic volume x 3623878656 == 4,52,68,48,32,00,00,00,000 Pramaghanaangul.
From the least diving depth to the most excellent diving depth, there are countless varieties of medium diving depth in the order of increase of each region. In this way, all the options of diving depth are countless, because there are countless regions in one ghanaangul.
**Gathaarth:** The excellent diving depth of Ekendriyadi beings is one thousand yojanas, twelve yojanas, one less than one yojana, one yojana, and one thousand yojanas respectively.
**References:**
1. G.P. 11, page 15-16.
2. P.P. 4, page 35-36.
3. Jivaraj Granthamala, published in Solapur.