Viyahapannatti 13.4.573

13.4.573

"Where, Venerable Sir, is the center of the length of the universe declared to be?"
"Gautama! Penetrating an innumerable part of the intermediate space of this Ratnaprabhā earth, right there the center of the length of the universe is declared to be."
"Where, Venerable Sir, is the center of the length of the lower world declared to be?"
"Gautama! Penetrating slightly more than half of the intermediate space of the fourth earth, Paṅkaprabhā, right there the center of the length of the lower world is declared to be."
"Where, Venerable Sir, is the center of the length of the upper world declared to be?"
"Gautama! Above the Sanatkumāra and Māhendra heavens and below the Brahmaloka heaven, in the Riṣṭa celestial abode layer, right there the center of the length of the upper world is declared to be."
"Where, Venerable Sir, is the center of the length of the transverse world declared to be?"
"Gautama! In the continent of Jambūdvīpa, at the very center of Mount Mandara, in the upper and lower small tiers of this Ratnaprabhā earth, right there at the center of the transverse world an eight-spatial-unit central space point cluster (ruyaga) is declared to be, from which these ten directions flow forth, namely: 1. East, 2. South-East, 3. South, 4. South-West, 5. West, 6. North-West, 7. North, 8. North-East, 9. Up, 10. Down."
"How many names, Venerable Sir, are declared for these ten directions?"
"Gautama! Ten names are declared, namely:
Indrā, Āgneyī, and Yāmyā; Nairṛtī, Vāruṇī, and Vāyavyā; / Somā and Īśānī; and Vimalā and Tamā are to be known."