Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)
by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words
The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...
Chapter 1: Isles in the Salt Ocean
In that period, at that time, there was a city named Mithilā. Description. A caitya named Maṇibhadra. Description. Bhagavān Mahāvīra arrived there. People went out, till Bhagavān Gautama made the following submission:
Q. 1. Bhante! What is the location of Jambūdvīpa? What is its shape?
A. 1. Gautama! On this, refer to the Jambūdvīpa Prajñapti, till in Jambūdvīpa, in the eastern side and in the western side, there are 14,56,000 rivers.
—Bhante! So they are. Bhante! So they are....So.
Chapter One ends.