The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c9.71

c9.71

The mountains of the different continents, with the exception of Mahāvideha, are known by the name of Veyaḍḍha, (T. 3,11: Vaitāḍhya, Jambūdv.: Vijayāḍhya or Vijayārdha; comp. end of § 115).¹ The Veyaḍḍha mountains which divide Bharaha lengthwise into equal parts are exemplary. They measure 25 *joy.* in height and 50 *joy.* in width, and they culminate in 9 summits. These mountains to which, naturally, there are corresponding ones in Eravaya, are called long (*dīha-V.*), whereas the other Veyaḍḍhas (bearing special names), are called round (*vaṭṭa-V.*). The latter are situated in the four remaining continents on the S.-N. Middle axis and are hemispherical in shape with 1,000 *joy.* in diameter and height. Other characteristics of Bharaha and Eravaya are (a.o.) the Usabha-kūḍa on the slope of the Cullahimavanta or, resp., the Sihari between the two rivers.