Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c18.3
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c18.3
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c18.3
The absurd measurements of the sea, mountains and rivers in the Jain canons readily support our view. Apparently there was a wish of the early geographers to give the measurements at least of the rivers which they saw very often but as yet there was no means to determine their extent nor had the people yet penetrated to the sources of the majority of them. The result was that fanciful stories were told for explanation's sake and their extent was stretched beyond all expectations to thousands and thousands of yojanas.