Chords and Areas of Jambūdvīpa Regions in Jaina Cosmography

K. Ramasubramanian ()
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K. Ramasubramanian: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Cell for Indian Science and Technology in Sanskrit, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

A chapter in Gaṇitānanda, 2019, pp 139-142 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In Jaina works, the Jambūdvīpa (“Jambu Island”) is circular and of diameter $$D=100000$$ yojanas (Tiloyapaṇṇattī $$=$$ TP, IV. 11; Vol. II, p. 4; Kota, 1986). It is divided into 13 main regions by boundary lines which are all parallel to the east–west direction.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_19

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