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Karananuyoga (Cosmography)करणानुयोग
Identifying the Vijayārdha mountain described in Jain literature
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जैन साहित्य में जम्बूद्वीप के अन्तर्गत भरत क्षेत्र का उल्लेख मिलता है । जम्बूद्वीप का विस्तार लगभग सभी ग्रंथों में एक लाख योजन उल्लिखित है । भरत क्षेत्र इसका ९९०व भाग माना गया है । इस प्रकार भरत क्षेत्र का विस्तार ५२६६ योजन स्वीकार किया गया है । जहां तक इन ग्रंथों में विस्तार का
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निगम जैन भूगोल के विजयार्द्ध पर्वत का अभिज्ञान करने का प्रयत्न करते हैं, जो भरतक्षेत्र के ठीक मध्य में स्थित कहा गया है और जिसके दोनों छोर समुद्र का स्पर्श करते हैं। वे उसकी दो श्रेणियों की एक सौ दस विद्याधर-नगरियों का उल्लेख करते हैं; माप उन्हें काल्पनिक लगते हैं। Nigam tries to identify the Vijayārdha mountain of Jain cosmography, said to stand at the centre of Bharatakṣetra with both ends touching the sea. He reports the hundred and ten Vidyādhara cities on its two rows, finds the measurements as imaginary as the Purāṇas', but the geography informative.
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