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Verse 69
मकराकरसरिदटवीगिरिजनपदयोजनानि मर्यादाः। प्राहुर्दिशां दशानां प्रतिसंहारे प्रसिद्धानि ॥६९॥
सामान्यार्थ - दशों दिशाओं के परिगणित करने में प्रसिद्ध समुद्र, नदी, अटवी (जंगल), पर्वत, गाँव-शहर और योजन को मर्यादा-सीमा कहते हैं।
The limits are set with reference to well-known oceans, rivers, forests, mountains, villages, and marks of yojana* (a unit of length measurement), in the ten directions**.
* Some basic units of length measurement are as under:
24 utsedhāngula = 1 hātha 4 hātha
= 1 dhanusa (also known as danda or nādī) 2000 dhanusa = 1 kosa 4 kosa
= 1 yojana (conventional) While referring to continents, oceans and cosmic distances, Jaina cosmology employs the measure of mahāyojana (therein termed as yojana only) which equals 500 conventional yojana. Thus, when the Scripture refers to the diameter of Jambūdvīpa as 1 lakh yojana, it means 50000000 conventional yojana or 200000000 kosa.
**The eight directions of the compass - north, south, east, west,
northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest-plus the upward and the downward make up the ten directions.
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