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Tattvārthasūtra
The depth (avagāha) of the first lake is ten yojana.
'Avagāha'is depth. The depth of lake Padma is ten yojana.
What is in the middle of it?
तन्मध्ये योजनं पुष्करम् ॥१७॥
उसके बीच में एक योजन विस्तार वाला कमल है।
In the middle of this first lake, there is a lotus of the size of one yojana.
'Yojanam' means of the extent of one yojana. It amounts to this: each petal measures one-fourth of a yojana (one krośa) and the pericarp half a yojana (two krosa). Hence, the lotus is one yojana (= four krosa) long and one yojana broad. The lotus consists of a multitude of petals (1011 in number, see 'Trilokasāra', verse 569) densely packed, and its stalk has the height of one half of a yojana (two krosa), from the surface of the water.
What are the dimensions of the other lakes and lotuses?
तद्विगुणद्विगुणा हृदाः पुष्कराणि च ॥१८॥
आगे के सरोवर तथा कमल पहले के सरोवरों तथा कमलों से क्रम से दूने-दूने विस्तार वाले हैं।
The lakes as well as the lotuses on further mountains are each double the magnitude of the previous one.
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