Sītā
One of the two rivers that organise Mahāvideha. It falls from Nīla, curls around Meru and runs east to the sea.
It leaves Kesarī lake on Nīla, flows south through Uttarakuru, bends around the eastern flank of Mount Meru through the Bhadraśāla forest, and then runs due east across East Mahāvideha to the salt ocean.
Everything north of it in East Mahāvideha is vijayas 1–8; everything south is vijayas 9–16. Sixteen of the thirty-two vijayas drain into it, which is how the Jambūdvīpaprajñapti reaches 5,32,000 tributaries: 84,000 from the kurus and 4,48,000 from the sixteen vijayas. Later reckonings say 5,32,038; the Digambara Sarvārthasiddhi, 1,12,000.
Where it meets the ocean there is a Sītāmukhavana, a mouth-forest 16,592 2⁄19 yojana long and 2,922 wide at the river's bank, tapering to a sliver at Nīla.
Measurements and counts
| Rises from | Kesarī lake on Nīla |
|---|---|
| Flows | east |
| Twin | Sītodā |
| Tributaries | 5,32,000 |
| Divides | East Mahāvideha, 16 vijayas |
| Mouth-forest | 2,922 wide at the bank · 16,592 2⁄19 long |
| Width, source → mouth | 50 → 500 yojana |
| Depth, source → mouth | 1 yojana → 10 yojana |
| Falls | a little over 400 yojana |
| Pool at the foot | 480 across · 10 deep |
| Island in the pool | 64 across |
| Spout | 4 long · 50 wide · 1 yojana thick |