Viyahapannatti 3.3.183

3.3.183

"Venerable Sir!" said the revered Gautama, and he praised and bowed to the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having praised and bowed, he spoke thus:
"Venerable Sir, why does the Lavaṇa Ocean increase or decrease excessively on the fourteenth, eighth, new moon, and full moon [days]?"
The exposition of the Lavaṇa Ocean should be known up to "the order of the world, by the power of the world."
"So it is, Venerable Sir! So it is, Venerable Sir!" ... up to he lived.