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Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.425

Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.425

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v2.c8.s3.425

8. Ruyaga A situation consisting of eight central-most space-points. It is situated in the centre of moun' Mamdara(3). This centre lies between the two smallest layers of Rayaṇappabhā. From this situation the respective ten directions (dīśas) commence. They are : imdā (east), aggaī (south-east), jamā (south), ṇerayī (south-west), vāruṇī (west), vāyavvā (north-west), somā (north), īsāṇā (north-east), vimalā and tamā (the region above and the region below i. e. the zenith and the nadir).¹