Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the width of the remaining regions which is verse 3.25 of the English translation of the Tattvartha Sutra which represents the essentials of Jainism and Jain dharma and deals with the basics on Karma, Cosmology, Ethics, Celestial beings and Liberation. The Tattvarthasutra is authorative among both Digambara and Shvetambara. This is verse 25 of the chapter The Lower World and the Middle World and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 3.25 - The width of the remaining regions
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 3.25:
तद्विगुणद्विगुणविस्तारा वर्षधरवर्षा विदेहान्ताः ॥ ३.२५ ॥
tadviguṇadviguṇavistārā varṣadharavarṣā videhāntāḥ || 3.25 ||
The mountains and the regions are double and double in width up to Videha. (25)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ: विदेहक्षेत्र तक के पर्वत और क्षेत्र भरतक्षेत्र से दूने-दूने विस्तार वाले हैं।
Anvayartha: videhakshetra taka ke parvata aura kshetra bharatakshetra se dune-dune vistara vale haim |
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
The widths of the other regions are indicated next.
Those whose widths are double and double that of Bharata are meant. Whose widths are double and double? The widths of the mountains and the regions. Are all double in width? No. Up to Videha these are double of the preceding ones.