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upto 500 yojans from the bank ofLavan Samudra. Anand wasin
2 Magadh state in Bharat Kshetra. From there Chulla Hemvant 5
<, Parvat is about 526 yojans. Chulla Hemvant Parvat is also spread
~) in more than thousand yojans. So both east and west banks of &
“| Lavan Samudra from Magadh are more than five hundred yojans.
@) In Urdhva Lok Saudharmakalp Viman is innumerableyojans from (6%
the level ofthe local earth upto which Anandcould see distinctly in
super-natural knowledge (Avadhi Jnan). Then what is implied by
the limit of 500 yojans. Without going into further discussion in
| this context, we are giving details of the limit of Bharat Kshetra &
®) according to geographical limits as mentioned in Agam. The
4 Readeris advised to comprehendit in the light ofthese facts. S
e In the north ofBharat Kshetra is Chulla Hemvant Varshadhar
% Parvat. The southern part of Bharat is surrounded by Lavan
m= Samudra in the south, east and west and in the north is Chulla
1 Hemvant Parvat touching it at its northern limit. It is like half-
« moon in shape. From Chulla Hemvant Parvat upto Lavan
*) Samudra in the south, the width ofBharat Kshetra is 526 yojans_ &
“| and six-nineteenth part more of a yojan. The limit of Bharat @&
¢ Kshetra that touches Chulla Hemvant Parvat right from east to
* west ofLavan Samudrais 1,748yojans and twelve-nineteenth part +
“| more of a yojan. The limit of Lavan Samudra touching Bharat §
a) Kshetra in the shape of a bow has the circumference ofmore than
) 9,766yojans. é
° A perusal ofthe map shall indicate that due to the presence of &
©\ Vaitadhya Parvat, Bharat Kshetra has been divided into two ¢&
“| parts namely Uttar Bharat (Northern Bharat) and Dakshin é
Bharat (Southern Bharat). Two great rivers Ganga and Sindhu
& (Indus) start from Chulla Hemvant Parvat and divide Bharat ‘
3 Kshetra in six parts. So Bharat has six divisions (Khand).
3% Chakravarti (King—Emperor) is called Shatkhand Chakravarti &
» as herules all the six divisions. (For further study see Jambu
\ Dveep Prajnapti Vakshaskar 4 and Ganitanuyog, pp. 199-200.) (a
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