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Other continents and oceans (739-749) Then the ocean Nandiśvara surrounds Nandiśvara ; after that Aruñadvipa and Aruņoda. Then come Aruņavaradvipa and the ocean by that name; next Aruņābhāsa and Aruņābhāsa Ocean. Then Kundaladvīpa and the ocean Kundaloda ; then Rucakadvipa and Rucaka Ocean. The oceans and continents with these auspicious names are each twice as large as the preceding one. Of these the last is the ocean Svayambhuramaņa.
In the two and a half continents, the Bharata-zones, the Airāvata-zones, and the Mahāvideha-zones, except the Devakurus and Uttarakurus are karmabhūmis.
Kaloda, Puşkaroda, Svayambhūramaņa have water that can be drunk, but Lavaņa Ocean has salt water. Vāruņoda is pleasing with varied beverages; but Kşiroda resembles milk with one-fourth part of ghee mixed with candied sugar. Ghịtoda resembles freshly boiled cow's ghee; others resemble the juice of sugar-cane whose end has been cut off and which contains four substances.266 Lavanoda, Kāloda, and Svayambhūramaņa are filled with fish, tortoises, etc., but not the other oceans.
In this continent Jambūdvipa there are always four each of Tirthakrts, Cakrins, Vişņus, and Balas, at the minimum. At the maximum, there are thirty-four Jinas and thirty kings, and twice as many in Dhātaki and half of Puşkara.261
260 746. According to PE (cāujātaka), these are cinnamon, saffron, cardamon, and pepper.
261 749. The maximum of 34 is reached by one each in the 32 divisions of Videha, in Bharata, and Airāvata. When there are only 4, there is one each in the northern and southern halves of East and West Videha. When the maximum of 30 kings' (which refers to Vignu Balas, and Cakrins) exists, there are 28 in Videha, and one in Bharata and Airāvata each. The maximum number of Vişnus and Balas exists when there is a minimum of Cakrins and vice versa. Jamb. 172-3.
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