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Great river · flows west

Sītodā

सीतोदा

Sītā's mirror. It falls from Niṣadha, curls around Meru and runs west to the sea.

It leaves Tigiñcha lake on Niṣadha, flows north through Devakuru, bends around the western flank of Mount Meru, and runs due west across West Mahāvideha to the salt ocean.

It separates vijayas 17–24 to its south from vijayas 25–32 to its north, and carries 532,000 tributaries.

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 — Sītodā highlighted

Measurements and counts

Rises fromTigiñcha lake on Niṣadha
Flowswest
TwinSītā
Tributaries532,000
DividesWest Mahāvideha, 16 vijayas

Connected

Tigiñcha DrahaNiṣadhaDevakuruMount MeruMahāvideha KṣetraSītāThe 32 Vijayas

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10