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category of reliability about them. Table 8 gives the values on the basis of utsedha yojana 15km. and pramāņa yojana =500 utsedha yojanas. Calculations based on other values of utsedha yojana also yield similar discrepant values. These values can only be presently explained on the basis of faith in cannons and religion which do not
Table 8. Current Values for Some Cannonical Descriptions
Values based on UY
Items
1. Jambudvipa
(i) Diameter, 105 Y, km. (ii) Circumference, 3.16x105 Y (iii) Area
2. Bharata Khanda
(i) Diameter, 526 Y
3. Mount Meru
(i) Under the Earth,1000 Y (ii) Over the Earth,99,000 Y
4. Jambu Tree
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11.6 × 1011
(i) Diameter, 6Y, km. (ii) Height, 6Y (iii) Length, 8Y
5. Height (Lord Rsabhadeva), 0.06 Y 910 metres
6. Height of Palace, 225D (TP)
7. Length of Palace, 300D (TP)
8. Width of Palace, 150D
9. Height of Vijaya Dvara, 8 Y(JDP) 120 km.
10. Diameter Vijaya Dvara, 4Y
7890
410
547
90
990
120
11
273
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7.5 × 108
2.4 × 109
5.9 × 1014
3.5 x 106
7.5 × 106 7.4 × 108
45.000
45.000
60.000
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