法苑珠林 3.4

3.4

依雜心論云。七極微塵成一阿耨池上塵。彼是最細。色天眼能見。及菩薩輪王得見。七阿耨塵為銅上塵。七銅上塵為水上塵。七水上塵為兔毫上塵。七兔毫上塵為一羊毛上塵。七羊毛上塵為一牛毛上塵。七牛毛上塵成一嚮游塵。七嚮游塵成一蟣。七蟣成一虱。七虱成一穬麥。七穬麥成一指。二十四指為一肘。四肘為一弓。去村五百弓為一拘屢舍。八拘屢舍。名一由旬故說偈言。

According to the Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya-śāstra, it says: 'Seven paramāṇus make one particle on Lake Anavatapta. That is the finest; the divine eye of the form [realm] can see it, and bodhisattvas and cakravartins are able to see it. Seven Anavatapta particles make one particle on copper. Seven copper particles make one particle on water. Seven water particles make one particle on a rabbit's hair. Seven rabbit-hair particles make one particle on a sheep's hair. Seven sheep-hair particles make one particle on an ox's hair. Seven ox-hair particles make one dust mote floating in sunbeams. Seven sunbeam motes make one nit. Seven nits make one louse. Seven lice make one barley grain. Seven barley grains make one finger-width (aṅgula). Twenty-four finger-widths make one forearm-length (hasta). Four forearm-lengths make one bow-length (dhanus). Five hundred bow-lengths away from a village make one krośa. Eight krośas are called one yojana.' Therefore the gāthā says: