Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.122

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1 Amtaradīva (Antaradvīpa) Intermediate islands numbering fifty six.² There are two islands on every one of the four sides of Jambūdīva standing in the intermediate quarters 300 yojanas away from Jambūdīva and at a situation where the Cullahimavamta and the Sihari mountains meet the sea-shore on both the sides of Jambudīva Every one of the two islands is followed by six more islands the latter standing at a distance of 100 yojanas from each other Thus each mountain touching the sea-shore ends up in fourteen head lands or islands on its each side and the total number of islands come to fifty six ³ The names of the twenty-eight islands falling to the south as well a to the north of mount Mamdara(3) are the same They are divided into the following s ven groups according to their diameter (i) Egūruya Ābhāsiya Vesāniya Namgoliya (ii) Hayakappa, Gayakappa Gokappa Samkulikanna (iii) Ayamsamuha Memdhamuha Ayomuha Gomuha(2) (iv) Asamuha Hatthimuha Sihamuha Vagghamuha (v) Āsa kappa Hatthikanna Akanpa Kanpapāuraṇa (vi) Ukkāmuha Mehamuha(1) Vijjumuha Vijjudamta (vii) Ghanadamta Latthadamta(4) Gūdhadamta(4) Suddhadamta(2) The diameter of the first group is 300 yojanas while that of every succeeding group increases by 100 yojanas Thus the last group has a diameter of 900 yojanas There s a detailed description in Jivābhigama of the vedikas (pavillions) a asandas (groves) species of trees and men and women of these islands In brief their inhabitants are of a peculiar shape and they live as if in paradise ⁵