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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 16]
eṣāṁ madhye ilāvṛtaṁ nāmābhyantara-varṣaṁ yasya nābhyām avasthitaḥ sarvataḥ sauvarṇaḥ kula-giri-rājo merur dvīpāyāma-samunnāhaḥ karṇikā-bhūtaḥ kuvalaya-kamalasya mūrdhani dvā-triṁśat sahasra-yojana-vitato mūle ṣoḍaśa-sahasraṁ tāvat āntar-bhūmyāṁ praviṣtaḥ.
eṣām —all these divisions of Jambūdvīpa;  madhye —among;  ilāvṛtaṁ nāma —named Ilāvṛta-varṣa;  abhyantara-varṣam —the inner division;  yasya —of which;  nābhyām —in the navel;  avasthitaḥ —situated;  sarvataḥ —entirely;  sauvarṇaḥ —made of gold;  kula-giri-rājaḥ —the most famous among famous mountains;  meruḥ —Mount Meru;  dvīpa-āyāma-samunnāhaḥ —whose height is the same measurement as the width of Jambūdvīpa;  karṇikā-bhūtaḥ —existing as the pericarp;  kuvalaya —of this planetary system;  kamalasya —like a lotus flower;  mūrdhani —on the top;  dvā-triṁśat —thirty-two;  sahasra —thousand;  yojana — yojanas  (eight miles each);  vitataḥ —expanded;  mūle —at the base;  ṣoḍaśa-sahasram —sixteen thousand  yojanas ;  tāvat —so much;  āntaḥ-bhūmyāṁ —within the earth;  praviṣtaḥ —entered.
TRANSLATION
Amidst these divisions, or varṣas, is the varṣa named Ilāvṛta, which is situated in the middle of the whorl of the lotus. Within Ilāvṛta-varṣa is Sumeru Mountain, which is made of gold. Sumeru Mountain is like the pericarp of the lotuslike Bhū-maṇḍala planetary system. The mountain's height is the same as the width of Jambūdvīpa—or, in other words, 100,000  yojanas  [800,000 miles]. Of that, 16,000  yojanas  [128,000 miles] are within the earth, and therefore the mountain's height above the earth is 84,000  yojanas  [672,000 miles]. The mountain's width is 32,000  yojanas  [256,000 miles] at its summit and 16,000  yojanas  at its base.
TEXT 8
उत्तरोत्तरेणेलावृतं नीलः श्वेतः शृङ्गवानिति त्रयो रम्यकद्विरप्पयकुरूणां वर्षाणां मर्यादागिरयः प्रागायता उभयतः क्षारोदावधयो द्विसद्वस्त्रपृथव एकैकशः पूर्वस्मात्पूर्वस्मादुत्तर उत्तरो दशांशाधिकांशेन दैर्घ्यं एव ह्रसन्ति ॥ ८ ॥