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2. Beyond the first ring of Yugandhara mountains there is the second ring
of mountains called Īsadhara of which 21,000 leagues is submerged in
the ocean and 21,000 leagues rise up above the water.
3. Beyond the second ring of Īsadhara mountains there is the third ring of
mountains called Karavīka of which 10,500 leagues is submerged in the
ocean and 10,500 leagues rise up above the water.
4. Beyond the third ring of Karavīka mountains there is the fourth ring of
mountains called Sudassana of which 5,250 leagues is submerged in the
water and 5,250 leagues rise up above the water.
5. Beyond the fourth ring of Sudassana mountains there is the fifth ring of
mountains called Nemindhara of which 2,625 leagues is submerged in
the ocean and 2,625 leagues rise up above the water.
6. Beyond the fifth ring of Nemindhara mountains there is the sixth ring
of mountains called Vinataka of which 1,312 leagues is submerged in
the ocean and 1,312 leagues rise up above the water.
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7. Beyond the sixth ring of Vinataka mountains there is the seventh ring
of mountains called Assakaṇṇa of which 656 leagues is submerged in
the ocean and 656 leagues rise up above the water.
Between Mount Sineru and the encircling rings of mountains, there are seven
rings of rivers called Sīdā.
In the ocean, lying to the southern side of Mount Sineru, there is the southern
island continent called Jambudīpa, called after the Rose Apple tree growing at
the forefront of the island, and this island is surrounded by 500 lesser islands.
Similarly, in the ocean, lying to the western side of Mount Sineru, there is the
western island continent called Aparagoyāna; on the northern side, the northern
island continent of Uttarakuru; add on the eastern side, the eastern island
continent called Pubbavideha, each of them surrounded by 500 lesser islands.
In the southern island continent of Jambūdīpa, the Himavanta mountains are
500 leagues high and 3,000 leagues broad, lengthwise and breathwise. It is
graced by 84,000 peaks.
The Rose Apple tree growing at the forefront of Jambūdīpa island continent is
of these dimensions: Its crown is fifteen leagues across; from the ground up to
the trunk where the big boughs branch out, the height of the trunk is 50 leagues,