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The life-span of these human beings is innumerable fraction of one 4 Palyopam (a metaphoric unit of time). They give birth to twins, one male 41 and one female, six months before the end of there life-span. They look
after them just for 79 days. After death they reincarnate as divine beings.
Location According to Jivabhigam Sutra the Chullahimavant mountain defines the boundary between Bharat area and Haimavat area in Jambudveeep. This mountain touches Lavan Samudra in the east as well as west. From the eastern and western extremities of this
mountain, three hundred Yojans away in the Lavan Samudra, there are 45 four islands including Ekoruk, one each in all the four sub-directions.
These islands are circular in shape. The length and width of each of these is 300 Yojans. Going 400 hundred Yojans further from each of these there are four more islands, including Hayakarn, of 400 Yojan length
width each. They are also circular in shape. $ In the same way going 500, 600, 700, 800, and 900 Yojans further in
each direction there are four islands at each distance level. Their lengthwidth follows the same pattern (500 to 900 Yojans). They too are circular.
This way there are twenty-eight islands around Chullahimavant 4 mountain.
Fifty-six middle islands-Like the 28 islands around Chullahimavant mountain there are 28 middle islands around Shikhari mountain to the north of Meru mountain. The description of these is mentioned in the 7th to 34th lessons of Chapter 10 of this book. They also have the same names. (Prajnapana Sutra Chapter-1; Jivabhigam Sutra, Pratipatti-3) (for clarity see illustration)
॥ नवम शतक : तीसरे से तीसवें उद्देशक तक समाप्त ॥ END OF THIRD TO THIRTIETH LESSONS OF THE NINTH CHAPTER •
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