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法苑珠林 2.22

法苑珠林 2.22

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2.22

依起世經云。閻浮提人身長三肘半。衣長七肘。闊三肘半。瞿陀尼人。弗婆提人。身衣與閻浮提等量。欝單越人身長七肘。衣長十四肘。上下七肘。阿脩羅身長一由旬。衣長二由旬。闊一由旬。重半起利沙(隋言半兩。餘經說阿脩羅大小不定。如毘婆質多阿脩羅。四倍高須彌山)。

According to the *Lokasthiti-sūtra*, the people of Jambudvīpa have a body height of three and a half cubits, and their clothes are seven cubits long and three and a half cubits wide. The people of Godānīya and Pūrvavideha have bodily and clothing measurements equal to those of Jambudvīpa. The people of Uttarakuru have a body height of seven cubits, and their clothes are fourteen cubits long, with the upper and lower portions being seven cubits [wide]. Asuras have a body height of one yojana, and their clothes are two yojanas long and one yojana wide, weighing half a kārṣāpaṇa (in Sui terminology: half a liang. Other sūtras state that the size of asuras is variable; for example, the asura Vipracitti is four times the height of Mount Sumeru).

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