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Division of people: Ritavrata, Satyavrata, Danavrata and
Anuvrata.
Presiding Deity: Vayu (Wind-god).
Puskkara Dv'ipa: Twice as large as Saka Dvipa surrounded by an
ocean of pure water equally extensive: There is a big Push-
kara or Lotus plant with thousands of golden leaves. The
Lotus is known as the seat of Brahma.
Standing between two Varshas, eastern and western, is the
Manasattara Mountain ten thousand Yajanas high. On the four
sides of this Mountain are four abodes of the Lokapalas = lndra
and others.
Over these abodes the.Sanvatsava or Uttarayana Dakshina-
yana wheel (chakra} of the Sun's chariot moves in its course round
Meru.
Vitihotra, Son of Priyavrata, is the king of this Varsha.
His two sons Ramanaka and Dhataka are the lords of two
Varshas named after them.
The people of those Varshas worship Brahma by Yajna per-
formances.
Beyond the Ocean of pure water is the Lok ??loka (Loka and
Aloka) Mountain, dividing Loka, the regions lighted by the sun, from
Aloka or the regions not lighted by the sun.
As much land as there is between Manasottara and Meru, so
much golden land is there on the other side of the pure water ocean.
It is like the surface of the mirror. If any thing is thrown on that
land, it is not regained. It is therefore forsaken by all beings. [The
land between Manasottara and Meru is one krore and a half//#.r seven
and a half lakhs. There is as much land on the other side of the Pure
Water Ocean. There are living beings in that land. Beyond that is
the golden land. That land is eight krores and thirty nine laksha
yojanas wide. It is thus that the distance between Meru and Lokaloka
comes to be 12^ krores as. mentioned below. This is also said in
the Siva Tantra.
"Two krores 53 lakshas and 50 thousand this is the measure
of the seven Dvipas with the Oceans. Beyond that is the golden
land which is 10 Krores of Yojanas. This is used by the Devas as
their play-ground. Beyond that is Lokaloka. The ten krores include
the previously mentioned land, " For-saken by all beings " this is to
be understood with the exception of the Devas, for' it is mentioned as
the play-ground of the Devas. Siidhara*
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