[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 2.22 # 法苑珠林 2.22 法苑珠林 2.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.22) 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). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.21) - [Next: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.23) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.2.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.2.22) · Pramāṇa