Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.165

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Manussakhetta (Manuṣyakṣetra) The land where three types of human beings live. They are : kammabhūmaga, akammabhūmaga and amtaradīvaga. Since there is no human being outside this region, it is called Manussakhetta.¹ It consists of two and a half continents, viz. Jambuddīva, Dhātakikhaṇḍa and Pukkharaddhadīva. It is also called Samayakhetta.² There are two oceans in it, viz., Lavaṇa and Kāloya.³ Its breadth (diagonal) is forty-five lakh yojanas⁴ while its periphery measures 1,42,30,240 yojanas. This periphery forms the outer boundary of Manussakhetta and it coincides with the outer boundary of Abbhimtara-Pukkharaddha continent which is separated from Bāhira-Pukkharaddha by mount Māṇusuttara.⁵ There are 132 suns and the same number of moons, 11616 planets, 3696 constellations and 8840700 koṭākoṭi stars in this region Manussakhetta.⁶ It has five Bharaha(2) regions etc. Similarly there are five Mamdara(3) mountains etc. in it.⁷