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The dividing ranges of Mahāvideha

Vakṣaskāra mountains

वक्षस्कार पर्वत

Sixteen ranges that separate the vijayas from each other, four in each quarter of Mahāvideha.

Each runs north–south between a boundary mountain and one of the great rivers, 500 yojana high at the river end and 400 at the mountain end, and 500 yojana wide.

Between vijayas the dividers alternate: mountain, river, mountain, river. Eight vijayas in a quarter need seven dividers, and the pattern gives four vakṣaskāras and three Antaranadī. Four Jina shrines stand on each range.

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 — Vakṣaskāra mountains highlighted

Measurements and counts

Count16
Per quarter4
Width500 yojana
Height400–500 yojana
Alternates withantaranadī rivers

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10