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經律異相 1.16

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1.16

The Four Heavenly Kings dwell on the four projections of Mount Sumeru, all forty-two thousand yojanas high (the *Da zhidu lun* says: 'Around the four sides of Mount Sumeru there are mountains, all named Yugandhara, each forty-two thousand yojanas high; the Four Heavenly Kings govern and transform upon them'). The Heavenly King of the east is named Dhṛtarāṣṭra; his city is called Śreṣṭha. The Heavenly King of the south is named Virūḍhaka; his city is called Sudarśana. The Heavenly King of the west is named Virūpākṣa; his city is called Cūḍā (some write Zhouba, correctness uncertain).

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