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The inner rivers of Mahāvideha

Antaranadī

अन्तरनदी

Twelve rivers that divide vijayas, three in each quarter of Mahāvideha.

Each is 125 yojana wide and runs between Vakṣaskāra mountains ranges, feeding into Sītā or Sītodā. Their names are Grāhavatī, Drahavatī, Paṅkavatī, Tapta-jalā, Matta-jalā, Unmatta-jalā, Kṣīrodā, Śītasrotā, Antarvāhinī, Urmimālinī, Phenamālinī and Gambhīramālinī.

The alternation of range and river across a quarter is what makes eight vijayas out of one strip of land.

NĪLA · blue berylNIṢADHA · red goldKaccha1Sukaccha2Mahākaccha3Kacchakāvatī4Āvarta5Maṅgalāvarta6Puṣkala7Puṣkalāvatī8Maṅgalāvatī16Ramaṇīya15Suramya14Ramya13Vatsakāvatī12Mahāvatsa11Suvatsa10Vatsa9Nalināvatī24Nalina23Kumuda22Śaṅkha21Padmakāvatī20Mahāpadma19Supadma18Padma17Vapra25Suvapra26Mahāvapra27Vaprakāvatī28Valgu29Suvalgu30Gandhila31Gandhilāvatī32SĪTĀ →← SĪTODĀUTTARAKURUJambū treeDEVAKURUŚālmalī treeMERU1,00,000 yoj.west mahāvideha · vijayas 17–32east mahāvideha · vijayas 1–16A living Tīrthaṅkara teaches here — four of the twenty Vihārmān JinasVakṣaskāra ranges · four in each quarterAntaranadī rivers · three in each quarterEach vijaya: 2,212 7⁄8 yojana east–west, 16,592 north–south.Every one has its own Vijayārdha range, river pair, six divisions and capital.The band runs 1,00,000 yojana east to west — 64 parts of Jambūdvīpa’s 190.NESW
Mahāvideha and its thirty-two provinces — Antaranadī highlighted

Measurements and counts

Count12
Per quarter3
Width125 yojana each
Flow intoSītā or Sītodā

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10