法苑珠林 3.4

3.4

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: