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Adhi dvipa Island Continent This depicts the central part of the cosmos, a complex of land and water bodies. It is known as Adhidvipa or the two and a half islands. This island continent comprises of Jambudvipa in the centre surrounded by an ocean named Lavanasamudra. Beyond it is Dhatakikhanda again encirlced by the Kalodadhi ocean. Surrounding all these is the huge Pushkara dvipa. The first two island and only a part of the last is inhabited by humans. Tirthankaras are enshrined in small shrines on the northern and southern periphery of the Jambudvipa. In the entire cosmos this is the only auspicious area where emancipation is possible and where Tirthankaras are born.
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