Tattvartha Sutram

Author(s): J L Jaini
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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Third Chapter
each. Nari and Narkanta have 56,000, Suvarnakula, Rupyakula 28,000 and Rakta, Raktoda 14,000 each.
SUTRA 24 भरतः षड्विंशतिपंचयोजनशतविस्तारः षट्चकोनविंशति भागा योजनस्व ॥२॥
Bharatah sad vinsati pancha yojane shata vistærat sat chaikona vinshati bhaga yojanasya.
Bharat ksetra, in its widest part, measure 5261% yojanas.
SUTRA 25 तद्विगुणद्विगुणविस्तारा वर्षधरवर्षा विदेहान्ताः ॥ २५ ॥ Tadviguna dviguna vistara varsadhara varsa videhantab.
Each mountain and ksetra in breadth has double the baeadth of the mountain or ksetra preceding it. (This is upto) Videha.
Thus Bharata ksetra is 526 A yojanas in breadth; the Himavana mountain is double of this, 1.e., 105211 yojanas, and so on.
SUTRA 26 JPTT augat: 11 Pg 11
Uttara daksina tulyah. To the north (of videha, the arrangement and extent of ksetras, mountains, rivers, lakes, islands is exactly) corresponding to those in) the south (of it)
SUTRA 27 भरतैरावतयोवू द्धिहासो षट्समयाभ्यामुत्सपिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्याम् ॥ २७ ॥
Bharatairavatayorvrddhirasau satsamayabhaya-mautsarpinyavasarpinibhyam.
In Bharata and Airavata ksetras (in the extreme south and north o Jambudivpa there is) increase and descrease of (bliss, age, height, etc, of their inhabitants in the 2 aeons), utsarpini (rafia) and Avasarpini (waafuat) (the aeons of increase and decrease respectively). There are 6 ages (in each aeon).