Visuddhimagga VII-41

Tattha –

此中：

Ñ(VII,41): Herein:

Duve satasahassāni, cattāri nahutāni ca;

Ettakaṃ bahalattena, saṅkhātāyaṃ vasundharā.

说大地的厚数，

有二十四万由旬。

Ñ: Two times a hundred thousand leagues

And then four nahutas as well (240,000):

This earth, this 'Bearer of All Wealth',

Has that much thickness, as they tell.

Tassāyeva sandhārakaṃ –

支持大地的水：

Ñ: And its support:

Cattāri satasahassāni, aṭṭheva nahutāni ca;

Ettakaṃ bahalattena, jalaṃ vāte patiṭṭhitaṃ.

安立于风中的水，

有四十八万由旬的深度。

Ñ: Four times a hundred thousand leagues

And then eight nahutas as well (480,000):

The water resting on the air

Has that much thickness, as they tell.

Tassāpi sandhārako –

水的支持者：

Ñ: And the support of that: [206]

Nava satasahassāni, māluto nabhamuggato;

Saṭṭhiñceva sahassāni, esā lokassa saṇṭhiti.

[PTS 206] 上升于虚空的风，

有九十万

又六万由旬。

世间的建立成功。

Ñ: Nine times a hundred thousand goes

The air out in the firmament

And sixty thousand more besides (960,000)

So this much is the world's extent.