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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.
Gaṇita Bhāratī, Vol. 9, Nos. 1–4 (1987), pp. 51–53.
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Ramasubramanian, K. (2019). Chords and Areas of Jambūdvīpa Regions in Jaina Cosmography. In: Ramasubramanian, K. (eds) Gaṇitānanda. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_19
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