ततोऽपि पुष्करद्वीपलेखया द्विगुणस्थया । अन्ते स्वादूदकाम्भोधिलेखयैवंप्रमाणया ॥ २३ ॥
tatō’pi puṣkaradvīpalēkhayā dviguṇasthayā | antē svādūdakāmbhōdhilēkhayaivaṁpramāṇayā || 23 ||
- Another reading: अन्तस्स्वादूदकाम्भोधि (antassvādūdakāmbhōdhi) for अन्ते स्वादूदकाम्भोधि
Translation
after that by the line of the island Puṣkara, which stands at twice that; at the end by the line of the ocean of sweet water, of the same measure;
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) after that
- api
- and
- puṣkara
- Puṣkara
- dvīpa
- of the island
- lēkhayā
- by the line
- dviguṇa
- at twice
- sthayā
- which stands
- antē
- at the end
- svādu
- sweet
- udaka
- water
- ambhōdhi
- of the ocean
- ēvaṁ
- the same
- pramāṇayā
- of measure
Meaning
Puṣkaradvīpa, the seventh continent, named after the lotus; and at the end, the sweet-water sea, the last of the seven. Another commentary: and at the end by the line of the ocean of water.