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Boundary mountain · blue beryl

Nīla

नील

The blue-beryl wall on the north side of Mahāvideha. Thirty-two parts in 190, and the exact twin of Niṣadha.

Made of vaidūrya, the blue beryl, which is why this band is the one strong blue among the mountains on a painted map. It carries the lake Kesarī Draha and the goddess Kīrti.

Sītā falls from Kesari south into Mahāvideha Kṣetra and Narīkāntā north into Ramyak Kṣetra. The other two The four Gajadanta mountains run from Nīla to Meru, enclosing Uttarakuru.

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 — Nīla highlighted

Measurements and counts

Materialvaidūrya — blue beryl
Height400 yojana
Width16,842 2⁄19 yojana
LakeKesarī
GoddessKīrti
Rivers from itSītā, Narīkāntā

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10