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TEXT 12
catursv etesu cuta-jambu-kadamba-nyagrodhas catvarah padapa-pravarah parvata-ketava ivadhi-sahasra-yojanonnahas tavad vitapa-vitatayah sata-yojana-parinahah.
SYNONYMS
catursu—on the four; etesu—on these mountains, beginning with Mandara; cuta-jambu-kadamba—of trees such as the mango, rose apple and kadamba; nyagrodhah—and the banyan tree; catvarah—four kinds; padapa-pravarah—the best of trees; parvata-ketavah—the flagstaffs on the mountains; iva—like; adhi—over; sahasra-yojana-unnahah—one thousand yojanas high; tavat—so much also; vitapa-vitatayah—the length of the branches; sata-yojana—one hundred yojanas; parinahah—wide.
TRANSLATION
Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas [800 miles] and a height of 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles]. Their branches also spread to a radius of 1,100 yojanas.
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