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Next, surrounding 闯补尘产奴诲惫墨辫补, and twice as wide, is the ocean named 尝补惫补峁噊诲补. It is sunk 1000 yojanas in the ground, and its water increases very gradually in depth for a distance of 95,000 yojanas from both sides. In the middle there is a crest uniformly 10,000 yojanas wide, 16,000 yojanas high. In addition to that, at the time of the tides there is a decrease and increase up to 2 驳补惫测奴迟补蝉. In it, in the directions, east, etc., there are 4 笔腻迟腻濒补-vessels, named 痴补岣峚惫腻尘耻办丑补, 碍别测奴辫补, 驰奴辫补办补, 莫艣惫补谤补, respectively, beginning with the east. They are 100,000 yojanas high; have walls of diamond 1,000 yojanas thick; are 10,000 yojanas wide at top and bottom; and have water in the third part supported by wind, resembling large clay water-jars. In them, the gods 碍腻濒补, 惭补丑腻办腻濒补, Velamba, and 笔谤补产丑补帽箩补苍补, respectively, live in pleasure-houses. Here there are others鈥�1,000 yojanas high, with walls 10 yojanas thick, 100 yojanas wide at the bottom^[1] and at the mouth鈥�7884 small 笔腻迟腻濒补-vessels, with waters mixed in the middle part and raised by the wind. 狈腻驳补-办耻尘腻谤补蝉 to the number of 42,000, like ministers, are always controlling the inner waves in this ocean. There are 72,000 outer wave-controllers, and also 60,000 guardians of the crest waves.

骋辞蝉迟奴辫补, 鲍诲补办腻产丑腻蝉补, 艢补峁卥丑补, 鲍诲补办补蝉墨尘补办补, made of gold, 补峁卥补, silver, and crystal are the mountains of the Indras of the 痴别濒腻诲丑腻谤颈苍蝉. They are the abodes of the gods 骋辞蝉迟奴辫补, 艢ivaka, 艢补峁卥丑补, and Manoh峁沝a; and are in the (four) directions at 42,000 yojanas (from 闯补尘产奴诲惫墨辫补). They are 1721 yojanas high; 1022 yojanas wide at the base, and 424 at the top. On top of them all there are gleaming palaces.

碍补谤办辞峁璦办补, K膩rdamaka, 碍补颈濒腻艣补, and 础谤耻峁嘺辫谤补产丑补, made of all jewels, are the mountains of the Indras of the 础峁嘘惫别濒腻诲丑腻谤颈苍蝉.^[2] The gods 碍补谤办辞峁璦办补, Vidyujjihva, 碍补颈濒腻艣补, and 础谤耻峁嘺辫谤补产丑补, respectively, live always on these.

At 12,000 yojanas (from 闯补尘产奴诲惫墨辫补) in the intermediate directions in the east are the two islands of the Moon, with an equal width and length (i.e. 12,000). At the same distance in the west are the two islands of the Sun; and also at the same distance is 骋补耻迟补尘补诲惫墨辫补, the abode of Susthita.^[3] On these are palaces, the abodes of the inner and outer suns and moons of 尝补惫补峁噊诲补.

The water of 尝补惫补峁噊诲补 is salt.

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[1]:

Both the larger and smaller vessels have a diameter in the middle equal to the height. K. p. 243.

[2]:

These are in the intermediate directions.

[3]:

The lord of 尝补惫补峁噊诲补. Provac. 883-89, p. 258a.