[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.2 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2) According to the Jain conception, the world consists of innumerable spheres, continents and oceans each one surrounding the preceding one like a sheath. - [Previous: c18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c18.11) - [Next: c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.3) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2) · Pramāṇa