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The four Anuvelādhārin mountains

अनुवेलाधारी पर्वत

Karkoṭaka, Kārdamaka, Kailāśa and Aruṇaprabha - four mountains of every kind of jewel at the corners of the salt sea, seats of the lesser holders' Indras.

Between the four Velādhārin mountains, at the intermediate points, stand four more: Karkoṭaka, Kārdamaka, Kailāśa and Aruṇaprabha, made of all jewels. On them live the gods Karkoṭaka, Vidyujjihva, Kailāśa and Aruṇaprabha, the Indras of the Anuvelādhārins.

Their distance from the shore and their heights the sources reached do not give; the plan sets them at the corners and says no more.

the holders of the sea1,74,000nāga gods hold the wall to its boundthe division by face is commentarial, and not confirmedNESWVaḍavāmukhaKeyūpaYūpakaĪśvaraGostūpa · goldUdakābhāsa · aṅkaŚaṅkha · silverUdakasīmaka · crystalKarkoṭakaKārdamakaKailāśaAruṇaprabhaGautamadvīpa · Susthita's island · 12,000 westthe four Velādhārin · at 42,000 · 1,721 highthe four Anuvelādhārin · at the corners · distance not recordedGautamadvīpa · Susthita's island · 12,000 westthe 56 antardvīpas, off the ends of Himavān and Śikharīthe four vessels
The holders of the sea - The four Anuvelādhārin mountains highlighted

Measurements and counts

Count4
NamesKarkoṭaka · Kārdamaka · Kailāśa · Aruṇaprabha
Materialall jewels
Their godsKarkoṭaka · Vidyujjihva · Kailāśa · Aruṇaprabha
Distance and heightnot stated in the sources reached

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10