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DEVENDRASTAVA : 81
POSITION SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE IŚATPRĀGBHĀRA LAND OR SIDDHAŚILĀ
277.
Twelve Yojana above the highest dome of the Sarvārthasiddha Anuttaravimāna heaven is the land called satpragbhāra prthvī or the Siddhasila.
278.
That land is said to be of as pure white colour as the cows' milk or the sea-lather or flawless water droplets or snowflakes and it is in the shape of an inverted umbrella.
279.
This (īšatprāgbhāra) land is forty-five hundred thousand Yojana in length and as much in breadth. It perimeter is somewhat more than three times as much.
280.
This (perimeter) is somewhat more than one hundred and forty-two hundred thousand thirty thousand two hundred and forty-nine (14230249) Yojanas.
281.
In the middle this (īšatprāgbhāra)land is eight Yojana thick which tapers down to a thickness of less than a fly's feather at the edges.
282.
That land (īšatprāgbhāra or Siddhúila) is as white as the shell, white gem and the Arjuna Suvarna (white gold or platinum) and is in the shape of an inverted umbrella.
POSITION SHAPE, SIZES AND TOUCHES OF THE
SIDDHAS
283.
One Yojana above the Siddhaśilā is the end of the universe. The situation of the Siddhas is in the topmost one sixteenth of that one Yojana.
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