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प्राग् मानुषोत्तरान् मनुष्याः ॥३-१४ ॥
आर्या म्लेच्छाश्च ॥३ - १५॥
भरतैरावतविदेहाः कर्मभूमयोऽन्यत्र देवकुरूत्तरकुरुभ्यः ॥३- १६॥
TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
3.12: Dwirdhätakikhande
3.13: Pushkarärdhe Cha
3.14: Präk Mänushottarän Manushyäh
3.15: Äryä Mlechchhäshcha
3.16: Bharatairävatvidehäh Karmabhoomayo'nyatra Devkuroottarkurubhyah
(There are double the continents in Dhätakikhand as well as in half of Pushkarvardweep. Humans live up to Mänushottar Parvat. They are Äryans as well as Mlechchha. Bharat, Airävat and Videh are Karmabhoomi.)
Jamboodweep is surrounded by a ring-shaped salty sea called Lavansamudra. That is twice the size of Jamboodweep. That sea is surrounded by a ring-shaped mass of land called Dhätakikhand. That is twice the size of Lavansamudra. Dhätakikhand is surrounded by a ring-shaped sea called Kälodadhi, which is twice the size of Dhätakikhand. Kälodadhi is surrounded by a ring-shaped mass of land called Pushkarvardweep, which is twice the size of Kälodadhi and so on. Dhätakikhand is thus four times the size of Jamboodweep and Pushkarvardweep is sixteen times.
There are 56 islands within Lavansamudra and they are known as Antardweep. Dhätakikhand is divided in two equal parts by two bow shaped mountains running from north to south. Each of those halves contains the continents, mountains
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