Book Title: Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 3
Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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________________ 286 CHAPTER FOUR the aerial car and look at the whole world, even though you already know it by (clairvoyant) knowledge." So urged by them, an ocean of the milk of courtesy, Megharatha got into the aerial car with his attendants. The car flew up and advanced according to wish; and they pointed out the things to be seen and instructed him. "This is the crest of Mt. Meru, forty yojanas high, made of cat's-eye, making the sky have shoots of dūryā from its rays. These rocks, the shape of a half-moon, in each one of the directions, marked with a lion-throne, are pure from the water of the Arhats' birth-baths. These are the lofty temples of the eternal Arbats and this is Pāņpaka with trees and flowers attaining their object in their worship. Those are the six mountain-ranges bounding the zones, their surface marked by the fourteen great rivers, and those are the six lakes on them. Those peaks are the Vaitādhyas, rich with the wealth of the Vidyādharas, resembling walls of stone as boundaries for the halves of their respective zones. Those are the eternal shrines on their peaks provided with statues of the holy eternal Arhats. This is the wall around Jambūdvīpa, circular in shape, the pleasure-ground of the Vidyādharas with its lofty lattice-windows. This ocean is Lavaņoda, the abode of a multitude of sea-monsters; and this is Dhătakikhandadvipa surrounded by Kāloda. These are two small Mt. Merus marked with the stones for the Arhat's bath; and these are the two Işvākāra Mountains purified by the eternal Arhats. That is the half of Puşkaradvipa which resembles Dhātakikhanda. This is the mountain Mānuşottara. Beyond that there is no land for mortals.". After they had pointed out the world with such explanations, they led Megharatha back to the city Puņdarīkiņi. After they had left the prince in the palace, bowed respectfully, and made a rain of jewels, they went to their own dwelling. dows Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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