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such as Sudassana peak and Citra peak. Moreover, this unstated detail should be understood here: This mountain called Himavā is adorned with five hundred rivers flowing all around. There, seven great lakes are established: Anotatta Lake, Kaṇṇamuṇḍa Lake, Rathakāra Lake, Chaddanta Lake, Kuṇāla Lake, Mandākinī Lake, and Sīhappapāta Lake, each fifty yojanas in length and width, and fifty yojanas in depth, with a circumference of one and a half hundred yojanas. Among these, Anotatta is surrounded by these five mountains: Sudassana peak, Citra peak, Kāḷakūṭa peak, Gandhamādana peak, and Kelāsa peak. There, Sudassana Akūṭa, made of gold, two hundred yojanas high, curved inside, shaped like a crow's beak, stands covering that very lake. Citrakūṭa is made of all jewels. Kāḷakūṭa is made of collyrium. Gandhamādana peak is made of slopes, inside it is mung-bean colored, with root-fragrance like black pepper, heartwood-fragrance like sandalwood, sapwood-fragrance like pine, bark-fragrance like cloves, peel-fragrance like wood apple, resin-fragrance like sal, leaf-fragrance like tamāla, flower-fragrance like nāga-saffron, fruit-fragrance like nutmeg, being fragrant in every way, thus "Gandhagandha" (fragrance of fragrances), abounding in these ten fragrances, covered with various kinds of medicinal herbs, on the Uposatha day of the dark fortnight, it stands blazing like a burning coal. Right there, the Nandamūlaka cave is a dwelling place for Paccekabuddhas. There are three caves: the gold cave, the jewel cave, the silver cave. At the entrance of the jewel cave, there is a tree named Mañjūsaka, a yojana in height, a yojana in width. It flowers all the flowers, whether in water or on land, especially on the day of the Paccekabuddhas' arrival. Above it is a pavilion made of all jewels. There, the sweeping wind discards rubbish. The leveling wind makes the all-jeweled sand even. The sprinkling wind brings water from Lake Anotatta and sprinkles it. The perfuming wind brings the fragrances of all fragrant trees. The gathering wind gathers flowers and drops them. The spreading wind spreads them everywhere. Seats are always arranged there. On which, on the day of a Paccekabuddha's arising and on Uposatha days, all Paccekabuddhas gather and sit. This is the custom there. A newly enlightened Paccekabuddha goes there and sits on the arranged seat. Then, if other Paccekabuddhas are present at that time, they too gather immediately and sit on the arranged seats. Having sat, they enter into some attainment and emerge. Then the elder of the assembly... When a Paccekabuddha has just arrived, for the rejoicing of all, one asks about the meditation subject: "How was it attained?" Then he recites his verse of solemn utterance. Thus, this Gandhamādana peak should be known as the dwelling place of Paccekabuddhas. But Kelāsa peak is made of silver. All these, Citrakūṭa and others, are of the same height and shape as Sudassana, standing, covering that very lake. But all are fifty yojanas in breadth, and in length, like their height, they say, two hundred yojanas. All of them stand by the power of devas and the power of nāgas. And rivers flow in them. All that water enters Anotatta itself. The moon and sun, going south or north, make light there between the mountains. Going straight, they do not. Therefore, the name "Anotatta" arose for it. There, bathing places with lovely gem-studded stairways and stone platforms, free of fish and turtles, with water clear as crystal, are well-prepared and well-arranged by the common kamma of the beings who use them. In them, Buddhas, Paccekabuddhas, Arahants, and powerful sages bathe. Devas, yakkhas, and others play garden games. On its four sides are four mouths: a lion's mouth, an elephant's mouth, a horse's mouth, and a bull's mouth. Through which four rivers flow. On the banks of the river emerging from the lion's mouth, lions are more numerous. From the elephant's mouth and others, elephants, horses, and bulls. The river emerging from the eastern side, after circumambulating Anotatta three times, without approaching the other three rivers, goes along the eastern Himalayas by an inhuman path and enters the great ocean. The rivers emerging from the western side and the northern side likewise circumambulate and go along the western Himalayas and the northern Himalayas respectively by an inhuman path and enter the great ocean. But the river emerging from the southern side, after circumambulating it three times... Making a right turn, straight along the rock's surface, going sixty leagues, striking a mountain, rising up, becoming a stream of water three gavutas in circumference, going sixty leagues through the air, it fell upon a rock called Tiyaggaḷa. The rock was split by the force of the water stream. There, a great pond called Tiyaggaḷa, fifty leagues in size, was formed. Breaking the bank of the great pond, entering the rock, it went sixty leagues. Then, breaking through the solid earth, going sixty leagues through a tunnel, striking a transverse mountain called Viñjha, it flows as five streams, like five fingers on the palm of a hand. Where it went, having circumambulated Anotatta three times, it is called "Āvaṭṭagaṅgā" (Turning Gaṅgā). Where it went straight along the rock surface for sixty leagues, it is called "Kaṇhagaṅgā" (Black Gaṅgā). Where it went sixty leagues through the air, it is called "Ākāsagaṅgā" (Sky Gaṅgā). Where it stood in the fifty-league space at the Tiyaggaḷa rock, it is called "Tiyaggaḷa Pond". Where it broke the bank, entered the rock, and went sixty leagues, it is called "Bahalagaṅgā" (Thick Gaṅgā). Where it went sixty leagues through a tunnel, it is called "Umaṅgagaṅgā" (Tunnel Gaṅgā). But where it struck the transverse mountain called Viñjha and flowed as five streams, it is counted as five: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, Mahī. Thus, these five great rivers originate from the Himavanta. But in the middle of Chaddanta Lake, in a space twelve leagues in size, there is no moss or water-plant. Only water the color of a jewel-pillar stands there. After that, a pure white water-lily forest, one league wide, surrounds that water. After that, a pure blue water-lily forest, also one league wide, surrounds that. And red water-lily, white water-lily, red lotus, white lotus, and kumuda forests, each one league wide, stand surrounding the one before it. But of these seven... Another forest next to it, a mixed forest with all water lilies and so on, exactly a yojana in extent, stood surrounding them. Thereafter, in water waist-deep for elephants, a red rice forest, exactly a yojana in extent. Thereafter, at the edge of the water, a small shrub forest, filled with blue, yellow, red, white, fragrant, delicate flowers; thus these ten forests, each exactly a yojana in extent. Then, a forest of small beans, large beans, and mung beans. Thereafter, forests of cucumber, snake gourd, bottle gourd, and ash gourd vines. Then, a sugarcane forest the size of areca nut trees. Then, a banana forest with fruits the size of elephant tusks. Then, a sal forest. Thereafter, a jackfruit forest with fruits the size of pots. Then, a mango forest with sweet fruits. Then, a tamarind forest. Then, a wood apple forest. Then, a mixed great forest grove. Then, a bamboo forest. But surrounding the bamboo forest, seven mountains stood. Starting from their outer edge, the first is named Cūḷakāḷa Mountain. The second, Mahākāḷa Mountain. Then, Udakapassa Mountain. Then, Candapassa Mountain. Then, Sūriyapassa Mountain. Then, Maṇipassa Mountain. The seventh, Suvaṇṇapassa Mountain. It was seven yojanas high, surrounding the Chaddanta Lake, and stood like the rim of a bowl. Its inner side was golden in color. By the radiance emanating from it, the Chaddanta Lake became like the rising young sun. But among the outer mountains, one was six yojanas high, one five, one four, one three, one two, one a yojana. But of that lake, thus surrounded by seven mountains, in its northeast corner, in a place struck by water and wind, stood a great banyan tree. Its trunk was five yojanas in circumference, and seven yojanas high. In the four directions, four branches were each six yojanas long, and the branch growing upwards was also six yojanas long. Thus it, starting from its root, was thirteen yojanas high, the lower part of the branches... From there, up to the far end, it stands twelve yojanas long, adorned with eight thousand branches, resplendent like a smooth jewel mountain. But in the western part of Lake Chaddanta, on a golden mountain, is a golden cave, twelve yojanas long. King Chaddanta, the nāga, in the rainy season, surrounded by eight thousand nāgas, dwells in the golden cave. In the summer season, receiving the water-breeze, he stays at the root of a great banyan tree, among its branches. But in the middle of Mandākinī, in a place twenty-five yojanas wide, there is no moss or water-plant, there is only crystal-clear water. But beyond that, in water waist-deep for nāgas, a white lotus forest, half a yojana wide, stands surrounding that water. There, the lotus stalk is the size of a ploughshare. The lotus root is the size of a great war-drum's face. In each joint of it, there is milk the size of an āḷhaka. At the time of the lotuses' blooming, the wind raises a swirl of pollen and places it on the lotus leaves. Water droplets fall there. Then, cooked by the sun's heat, like a ripe honey-pot, lotus-honey is formed. After that, a red lotus forest of the same great size. After that, a red water-lily forest. After that, a white water-lily forest. After that, a blue water-lily forest. After that, a red water-lily forest. After that, a fragrant rice forest. After that, sweet-juiced vine fruits like gourds, calabashes, and pumpkins. After that, a sugarcane forest, half a yojana wide. There, the sugarcane is the size of a betel-nut tree trunk. After that, a banana forest,