Scientific Secrets of Jainism

Author(s): Nandighoshvijay
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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the knowledge of Āgamas with variations in the text has come down to us. On the basis of this knowledge of Āgamas, the later great Ācāryas wrote many treatises.
This book entitled 'The Laghusangrahani' or 'The Jambūdvipa Sangrahani' is probably a work of Yākinimahattarāsūnu Bhagavān śri Haribhadrasūriji Mahārāja.? This book gives a brief description of Jambūdvipa and the objects in it. The location of Jambūdvipa According to the tradition, the cosmos ( Lõka) has three divisions : the upper part called Urdhvaloka, the middle part called Tircchālāka and the lower part called Adhõlõka. The Urdhvalūka is also called Dēvaloka and Vaimānika gods- goddesses live there. In the Adhõlõka there are seven hellish regions and hellish beings live there. In a certain part of the first Ratnaprabhā hell, gods and goddesses of the type of Bhavanapati live. In the middle 800 Yojanas of the upper most 1000 Yojanas, gods and goddesses of the Vyantara type live. In the 80 Yojanas of the upper most 100 Yojanas, gods and goddesses of Vāņavyantara type live. 3
in Tircchālāka, there are innumerable islands and oceans. In the centre of it there is Jambūdvipa of circular shape. Its east-west and north-south length is 1,00,000 Yojanas. In the centre of it, there is Mt. Mēru of the height of 1,00,000 Yojanas and the expanse of 10,000 Yojanas at bottom.
To the south of Mt. Mēru in Jambūdvipa, there is Bharataksētra which is of the north-south expanse of 190th part of 1,00,000 Yojanas i.e. 526 Yojanas and 6 Kalā s and the east-west expanse of more than 14,471 Yojanas. To the north of it there is Mt. Laghu-himavant with north-south expanse which is double that of Bharataksētra. To the north of it, there is Himavantkņētra with its double expanse. To the north of it, there is Mt. Mahāhimvanta with an expanse which double that of Himavantkşētra. To the north of it, there is Harivarşakşētra of its double expanse. To the north of it, there is Mt. Nişadha whose expanse is double that of Harivarşakşētra. To the north of it and in the centre of Jambūdvipa, there is Mahāvidēhaksētra which has 64 times as much expanse as that of Bharataksētra. Respectively to the north of Mahāvidēhakshtra, there are Mt. Nilavanta, Ramyakaksētra, Mt. Rukmi,