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increasing in the hells in succession. In the thickness of the Ratnaprabhā-earth there are 180,000 yojanas. Excepting 1000 above and below, within it are the dwellings of the Bhavanapatis.
Bhavanapatis (505-514) The Bhavanapatis are in two rows in the north and south, like rows of shops on the highway. The Bhavanādhipas are as follows:
I. the Asuras with a crest-jewel cihna; 2. the Nāgas with a snake-hood cihna; 3. the Vidyuts with a thunderbolt as cihna; 4. the Suparņas with a garuda as cihna ; 5. the Vahnis with the jar-cihna; 6. the Vāyus with the horse-cihna; 7. the Stanitas with the vardhamāna-anka; 8. the Udadhis with the makara-anka ; 9. the Dvipas with the lion-lāñchana; 10. the Dikkumāras with the elephant-lāñchana.
Among these the two Indras of the Asuras are Camara and Bali ; Dharaṇa and Bhūtānanda are the Purandaras of the Nāgas ; of the Vidyutkumāras Hari and Harisaha ; of the Suparņas the Vāsavas are Veņudeva and Veņudārin ; the lords of the Agnikumāras are Agniśikha and Agnimāṇava; Velamba and Prabhañjana of the Vāyukumāras; of the Stanitas the Vāsavas are Sughoşa and Mahāghosa ; Indras of the Abdhikumāras are Jalakānti and Jalaprabha; Pūrņa and Avašişta are overlords of the Dvipakumāras; Amita and Amitavāhana are the lords of the Dikkumāras.
The Vyantaras (515-528) One thousand yojanas above Ratnaprabhā, with the exception of 100 yojanas above and below, live the eight classes of the Vyantaras in northern and southern rows within the 800 yojanas. In these are: 1. the Piśācavyantaras with the kadamba tree as
lāñchana;
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