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Boundary mountain · gold

Himavān

हिमवान्

The gold wall between Bharat and Haimavat. Two parts in 190, and the closest mountain to us.

Also called Cullahimavān, the lesser Himavān. It runs the full width of Jambūdvīpa and its ends dip into the salt ocean, where the Antardvīpas islands lie off them.

On its summit is the lake Padma Draha, and from Padma three of the fourteen great rivers begin: Gaṅgā east, Sindhu west, and Rohitāsyā north.

The eastern peak carries a jewelled Jina shrine, as every one of these mountains does.

MERUBharat1/190 · 0.53% · actionHimavān2/190 · 1.05% · goldHaimavat4/190 · 2.1% · enjoymentMahāhimavān8/190 · 4.2% · silverHari16/190 · 8.4% · enjoymentNiṣadha32/190 · 16.8% · red goldMahāvideha64/190 · 33.7% · widest bandNīla32/190 · 16.8% · berylRamyak16/190 · 8.4% · enjoymentRukmī8/190 · 4.2% · silverHairaṇyavat4/190 · 2.1% · enjoymentŚikharī2/190 · 1.05% · goldAirāvat1/190 · 0.53% · actionNAparājitaEVijayaSVaijayantaWJayantayou are here
Jambūdvīpa in thirteen bands — Himavān highlighted

Measurements and counts

Materialgold
Height100 yojana
Depth below ground25 yojana
Width1,052 12⁄19 yojana
LakePadma
GoddessŚrī
Rivers from itGaṅgā, Sindhu, Rohitāsyā

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10