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Vijaya 8 of 32

Puṣkalāvatī

पुष्कलावती

Home of Sīmandhar Svāmī, a living Tīrthaṅkara.

Sīmandhar Svāmī is teaching here at this moment — one of the twenty living Tīrthaṅkaras. This vijaya stands at the ocean edge of Mahāvideha Kṣetra, facing its partner across the great river.

The 8th of the thirty-two vijayas, lying north of the Sītā, in East Mahāvideha. Like every vijaya it carries its own Vijayārdha range across the middle, its own pair of rivers, its own six divisions and its own capital, and a cakravartī may rise in it.

It is bounded on either side by a Vakṣaskāra mountains range or an Antaranadī river, and reaches from the great boundary mountain to the bank of the Sītā.

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 — Puṣkalāvatī highlighted

Measurements and counts

Number8 of 32
Quarternorth of the Sītā — East Mahāvideha
East–west2,212 7⁄8 yojana
North–south16,592 yojana
Land of action?yes
CapitalPuṇḍarīkiṇī
Living TīrthaṅkaraSīmandhar Svāmī

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10