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Ocean · the black water

Kālodadhi

कालोदधि

The black-water ocean, a ring 8,00,000 yojana wide between the second and third continents.

Twice the width of the salt ocean, and the widest single ring in the human world. Its name means dark water, and it is described as still, deep and colourless rather than salt.

Forty-two suns and forty-two moons circle above it, more than any other ring in Aḍhāī-dvīpa.

SudarśanaVijayaAcalaMandaraVidyunmālīJambūdvīpaLavaṇa SamudraDhātakīkhaṇḍaKālodadhiPuṣkarārdhaJambūdvīpa2 suns · 2 moonsLavaṇa Samudra4 suns · 4 moonsDhātakīkhaṇḍa12 suns · 12 moonsKālodadhi42 suns · 42 moonsPuṣkarārdha72 suns · 72 moonsMānuṣottarano human passes itEach ring is twice the width of the one before it,and every ring is counted on both sides:1 + 2+2 + 4+4 + 8+8 + 8+8 lakh yojana= 45,00,000 yojana across5 Merus · 170 lands of action132 suns · 132 moons · 56 islands22,50,000 yojana — half the human worldNuttaraEpūrvaSdakṣiṇaWpaścimareckoned from Meruyou are here
The two and a half continents — Kālodadhi highlighted

Measurements and counts

Ring width8,00,000 yojana
Name meansblack water
Suns / moons42 / 42

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10