Jinamanjari 1996 09 No 14

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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Their depth (h) is seven hatthas high or, in comutation with aṁgulas, one hundred and sixty-eight ussedhaamgulas. A tenth part of it is the width (d). Why? Because the heights of a god, a man, and a resident of the Nether Worlds are explained by means of the measures, ten, nine, and eight tālas respectively. Now, when one has squared half the diameter (d), multiplied by two, multiplied by one hundred and sixty-eight ussedha-amgulas, and divided by five hundred angulas made into cube, a countable-number-th part of one cubic pamāṁa-amgula is obtained (lit. comes). (Dhavalā on CK 1.3.3; vol. 4, p. 40)
V=2x
)**+500* = pamāna-angula",
where n is a countable number. The multiplier, '2' (viguņiya), is perhaps an intentional modification of '3' in:
with a view to estimating less, if it is not a mistake for '3' (liguniya) crept into the verse in the course of transmission. It is not a misprint in the published edition since the Hindi translation attached to it also accepts viguņiya. This last formula is actually used by Vīrasena. See , $4 above.
Volume of a Truncated Cone
According to the Jaina cosmography, the 'world space' (loga-āgāsa) consisting of the Upper, Middle and Lower Worlds (logas) is located in the midst of the 'non-world space' (aloga--āgāsa) of infinite dimension. The Digambara tradition
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