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Samavāyāngasūtra
thirteenth of the dark half of the month Aśvina, on the command of lord of gods (Śakrendra) god Harinegameși carried it away from the embryo of Devananda and put it into that of Trisala2.
C. The earth Gem-lustre has three layers (kanda): khara, pañka and abbahula. Khara layer has sixteen layers, each of one-thousand yojana breadth. Saugandhika layer, the eighth thus its base will be eight thousand yojana. Mahāhimavan is the second bordering mountain with the height of two hundred yojana. As a result, the uninterrupted distance between the top of the Mahāhimavan mountain and bottom of the Saugandhika layer is eight thousand two hundred yojana.
1. Abhayadeva, p. 89.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
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