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Kcette, a similar one : next to that Vinetcke, and then 

 Js-suekaru. The space between all these stones \^ 

 filled with the coldest Av^ater, Sidhante Sagre. 

 Ichiakrevatte Pargivette, or Sakzcelle Gale, surrounds 

 a vast space inclosing AssKckcn^u. The circum- 

 ference of Sakwdie Gait is 3,6 10,350 yoduns, and 

 its diameter 1,203,400, uninhabited, is all of solid 

 stone. Each of these Pan^zvettes is cnlv half as 

 high as tliat which it surrounds ; so that Assuekarii 

 is oiie 128th part of the height of Maha Meru, and 

 Tchiakrevatte Pargxcette one '2o6th part. Between 

 Assuekami and I'chiakrevatte are four countries, 

 called Maha Divipes, (Dzcipe signifies island,) 

 placed at the four cardinal points. Pourgzvevidehe 

 at the west, Giamhu at the north, Aprigodani at the 

 east, and Utiiru Kurudivelne at the south. Four^g- 

 wevidehe is in the form of a half moon, and is inha- 

 bited by people whose faces are shaped like a half 

 moon. It is seven thousand yodiins in circum- 

 ference, and is surrounded by 500 islands, each of 

 them one hundred yodujis in circuit. Giambu is the 

 earth we inhabit. It is of a triangular form, and is 

 divided into two parts ; that in which m,en imme- 

 diately live is seven thousand yodiins in circuit; and 

 the other, in which spirits only exist, is about three 

 thousand. The elephants of the first class, which 

 are 1,000,000,000 times stronger than those of the 

 tenth, live also in this place, which is called Hhnalt 

 Vani. It is besides the favourite residence of Vish- 

 nu, of IswARE, of * Nathe, and several other 

 great gods, who are there tor the protection of the 

 earth. It is surrounded by five hundred small 

 islands. The small part, Himale Vani, is of the 

 same shape as the whole together, being triangular, 

 the other part is a trapezium. They have all to"-e- 

 ther 10,000 yoduns in circumference. As the triangle 

 Himaii Vani is three thousand yoduns, the Trapezium 



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^ The Ndts are not known here, there is only a god called Naths. 



