Text 14] A Description of Jambidvipa 103
catursv etesu ciita-jambii-kadamba-nyagrodhas catvarah pddapa-
pravarah parvata-ketava ivddhi-sahasra-yojanonnahds tavad vitapa-
vitatayah Sata-yojana-parinahah.

catursu—on the four; etesu—on these mountains, beginning with
Mandara; ciita-jambi-kadamba—of trees such as the mango, rose apple
and kadamba; nyagrodhah—and the banyan tree; catvarah—four
kinds; padapa-pravaradh—the best of trees; parvata-ketavah—the
flagstaffs on the mountains; iva—like; adhi—over; sahasra-yojana-un-
naéhah—one thousand yojanas high; taévat—so much also; vitapa-
vitatayah—the length of the branches; sata-yojana—one hundred yo-
Janas; parinahah—wide.

TRANSLATION

Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains
are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan
tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas [800
miles] and a height of 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles]. Their branches
also spread to a radius of 1,100 yojanas.

TEXTS 13-14
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qa | aad Soret aaras aaa Vl
hradas catvaérah payo-madhv-iksurasa-mrsta-jala yad-upasparsina
upadeva-gana yogaisvaryani svabhavikani bharatarsabha dhérayanti.
devodyanani ca bhavanti catvari nandanam caitraratham vaibhrajakamm
sarvatobhadram iti.

hradah—lakes; catvarah—four; payah—milk: madhu—honey:
iksu-rasa—sugarcane juice; mrsta-jalah—filled with pure water; yat—
of which; upasparsinah—those who use the liquids: upadeva-gandh—
the demigods; yoga-aisvaryani—all the perfections of mystic yoga;
svabhavikdni—without being tried for: bharata-rsabha—O best of the
