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Now, there are 7 zones here in 闯补尘产奴诲惫墨辫补: 叠丑腻谤补迟补, Haimavata, 贬补谤颈惫补谤峁�a, Videha, Ramyaka, 贬补颈谤补峁噛补惫补迟补, and 础颈谤腻惫补迟补 from south to north. Making the division between these there are 7 mountain-ranges, bounding the zones: Himavat, 惭补丑腻丑颈尘补惫补迟, 狈颈峁�a诲丑补, 狈墨濒补, Rukmin, and 艢颈办丑补谤颈苍 with equal diameter at the base and top. Of these, the Himavat Mts., buried in the ground 25 yojanas, made of gold, are 100 yojanas high. The 惭补丑腻丑颈尘补惫补迟 Mts. are twice that size, made of silver. Then, the 狈颈峁�a诲丑补 Mts., twice their size, made of gold; 狈墨濒补 Mts., equal to 狈颈峁�a诲丑补, made of cat鈥檚 eye; Rukmin Mts., equal to 惭补丑腻丑颈尘补惫补迟 Mts., made of silver; 艢颈办丑补谤颈苍 Mts., equal to Himavat Mts., made of gold. All abound in various jewels on their slopes.

On the 碍峁�u诲谤补丑颈尘补惫补迟 (=Himavat) mountain-range is a large lake named Padma, 1000 yojanas long and half as wide. On 惭补丑腻丑颈尘补惫补迟 is a lake named 惭补丑腻辫补诲尘补, twice the length and width of the lake Padma. The lake on 狈颈峁�a诲丑补, Tigi帽chi, is twice the size of 惭补丑腻辫补诲尘补; the lake Ke艣arin on 狈墨濒补 is equal to Tigi帽chi, the lake 惭补丑腻辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 on Rukmin is equal to 惭补丑腻辫补诲尘补; the lake 笔耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 on Mt. 艢ikarin is equal to Padma. In all the lakes, Padma, etc., there are full-blown lotuses buried 10 yojanas in the water. Moreover, here are (the goddesses) 艢r墨, Hr墨, 顿丑峁泃颈, 碍墨谤迟颈, Buddhi, and 尝补办峁�m墨 respectively, with life-periods of a palya, together with 厂腻尘腻苍颈办补蝉, gods of the councils, bodyguards, and armies.

In 叠丑补谤补迟补办峁�e迟谤补 there are the great rivers, 骋补峁単腻 and Sindhu; in the zone named Haimavata, 搁辞丑颈迟腻 and 搁辞丑颈迟腻峁兣浤�; in the 贬补谤颈惫补谤峁�aka zone, the rivers Harit and 贬补谤颈办腻苍迟腻; in the Mah膩videhas the best rivers 艢墨迟腻 and 艢墨迟辞诲腻 狈补谤补办腻苍迟腻 and Nar墨k膩nt膩 in the zone Ramyaka; Svar峁嘺k奴l膩 and 搁奴辫测补办奴濒腻 in the zone 贬补颈谤补峁噛补惫补迟补; 搁补办迟腻 and 搁补办迟辞诲腻 in the zone 础颈谤腻惫补迟补. The first of each pair flows to the east and the second to the west. The great rivers 骋补峁単腻 and Sindhu are each attended by 14,000 best rivers. Each pair of the others is attended by twice as many rivers as the preceding pair up to 艢墨迟腻 and 艢墨迟辞诲腻. The northern rivers (north of Videha) are equal to the southern. 艢墨迟腻 and 艢墨迟辞诲腻, however, are attended by 532,000 rivers each.^[1]

Bharata is 526 6/19 yojanas wide. Then the zones and the mountains bounding the zones become twice as wide in succession to the north, up to Videha. The mountains and zones to the north (of Videha) are equal to those in the south. These are the sizes of the mountains bounding the zones and of the zones.

To the north of the 狈颈峁�a诲丑补 Mts. and to the south of Meru are the Vidyutprabha Mts. and the Saumanasa Mts. in the west and east. They have the shape of an elephant鈥檚 tusk, almost touching Meru at the end. Between them are the bhogabhumis, the Devakurus, 11,842 yojanas wide. In them, at each side of the five lakes divided by 艢墨迟辞诲腻, are ten mountains of gold, making a total of 100. There on the east and west banks of 艢墨迟辞诲腻 are the mountains 痴颈肠颈迟谤补办奴峁璦 and 颁颈迟谤补办奴峁璦. They are 1000 yojanas in height and the same in diameter at the base. The diameter at the top is half of that.

To the north of Meru and to the south of the 狈墨濒补 Mts. are the 骋补苍诲丑补尘腻诲补苍补 and 惭腻濒测补惫补迟 Mts., with the shape of an elephant鈥檚 tusk. Between them are the very charming Uttarakurus with 100 golden mountains at the sides of the 5 lakes divided by 艢墨迟腻. On the banks of the river 艢墨迟腻 are 2 mountains named Yamaka, corresponding to the golden Vidtrak奴峁璦 and 颁颈迟谤补办奴峁璦.

East of the Deva- and Uttarakurus, they are called East Videhas, and to the west, West Videhas, like different countries to each other. In each, there are 16 provinces, inaccessible to each other, separated by rivers and mountains, suitable to be conquered by a Cakrin. Kaccha, 惭补丑腻办补肠肠丑补, Sukaccha, Kacchavat, 膧惫补谤迟补, Ma峁単al膩varta, 笔耻峁�k补濒补, 笔耻峁�k补濒腻惫补迟墨 are the northern provinces of East Videha. The southern are Vatsaka, Suvatsa, Mah膩vatsa, Ramyavat, Ramya, Ramyaka, 搁补尘补峁嚹珁补, Ma峁単alavat. The ones in West Videha in the south are Padma, Supadma, 惭补丑腻辫补诲尘补, 笔补诲尘腻惫补迟墨, 艢补峁卥丑补, Kumuda, Nalina, and Nalinavat. The northern provinces in the West Videhas are Vapra, Suvapra, Mah膩vapra, Vapr膩vat墨, Valgu, Suvalgu, Gandhil膩, and 骋补苍诲丑颈濒腻惫补迟墨.

In the center of Bharata is Mt. 痴补颈迟腻岣峢测补, dividing it into north and south, extending to the east and west oceans, with a base in the ground of 6 yojanas and a kos,^[2] 50 yojanas wide and half as high. On its northern and southern slopes at 10 yojanas from the ground are two rows of 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补 cities, 10 yojanas wide. In the south there are 50 cities with kingdoms of the 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补 kings; in the north there are 60. At 10 yojanas immediately above the 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补 rows, there are two Vyantara rows adorned with the abodes of the Vyantaras. At 5 yojanas above the rows of Vyantaras there are 9 peaks. There is a similar 痴补颈迟腻岣峢测补 in 础颈谤腻惫补迟补.

The continent 闯补尘产奴诲惫墨辫补 has a fortification consisting of a wall, made of diamond, 8 yojanas high. At its base it is 12 yojanas wide; in the middle, 8; and 4 wide at the top. Above it is a lattice, 2 驳补惫测奴迟补蝉 high, a delightful pleasure-resort of the 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补s. Above the lattice is a beautiful terrace, named Padmavara, the pleasure-ground of the gods. In this wall there are 4 gates in the east and other directions, named respectively, Vijaya, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, and 础辫补谤腻箩颈迟补.

In the space between 碍峁�u诲谤补丑颈尘补惫补迟 and 惭补丑腻丑颈尘补惫补迟, there is a round 痴补颈迟腻岣峢测补 mountain, named 艢abd膩p膩tin. Between 艢颈办丑补谤颈苍 and Rukmin is Mt. Vika峁�膩patin; Gandh膩p膩tin is between 惭补丑腻丑颈尘补惫补迟 and 狈颈峁�a诲丑补; 惭腻濒测补惫补迟 is between the 狈墨濒补 and Rukmin Mountains. All are cylindrical shaped and 1000 yojanas high.

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[1]:

This great increase is due to the fact that both Videhas (East and West) have 32 rivers, each with 14,000 tributaries, and each of the Kurus has 84,000, thus making a total of 532,000 for 艢墨迟腻 and 艢墨迟辞诲腻 each.

[2]:

A kos=录 yojana.