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Figure 4.13
‘Map' showing the relative positions of Jambudvipa and Nandisvar Dvipa which has the four groups of fifty-two eternal Jain temples.
Nandisvar Ocean
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Csiravar Ocean
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ar Ocean
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Dvipa
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ar Dvipa
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The inner element, marked 1., is Jambudvipa.
The Lower World and Infernal Beings The largest area of the occupied universe is the lower world. Certain types of celestial beings, opposed to good, live here with infernal beings. The lower world is seven rajjus high (or long). It consists of a stack of seven infernal regions, one above the other, and each one smaller than the one below.
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