Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 2

SR No.: 001002
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 438
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 9 MB

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THE INITIATION AND OMNISCIENCE OF AJITA
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heaven. Above them are two heavens, Ārana and Acyuta with the same shape. They have one Indra, named Acyuta, living in Acyuta. But in the Graiveyakas and Anuttaras the gods are Ahamindras.262
Of these heavens, the first two are founded on thick water; the next three on (thick) wind; the next three on thick water and thick wind; above those, the heavens rest on space.
The ten divisions of the gods are: Indras, Sāmānikas, Trāyastrinsas, Pārşadyas, Rakşakas, Lokapālas, Anikas, Prakirņas, Abhiyogikas, Kilbişikas. The Indras are the lords of all the gods, Sāmānikas, etc. The Sāmānikas are the same as the Indras, but lack Indraship. The Trayastriñśas are like ministers and priests of Hari. The Parsadyas are like companions; the Rakşakas are body-guards; the Lokapalas have the place of spies for the sake of protection. The Anikas correspond to armies; the Prākirņas to villagers and townsmen. The Abhiyogyas are like slaves; and the Kilbiņas like the lowest castes. The Jyotiskas and Vyantaras do not have the Trāyastrinsas and Lokapas.
In Saudharma there are thirty-two lacs of palaces of the gods. In Aiśāna, Sanatkumāra, Mahendra, and Brahma there are twenty-eight, twelve, eight, and four lacs respectively. There are fifty thousand in Lāntaka, forty thousand in Sukra, six thousand in Sahasrāra. In the pair (Anata and Prāṇata) four hundred, and three hundred in Ārana and Acyuta. In the first three Graiveyakas there are one hundred and eleven, in the middle three one hundred and seven, in the last three Graiveyakas there are one hundred palaces. There are only five Anuttaravimānas. So there is a total of eight million, four hundred ninety-seven thousand, and twenty-three palaces of the gods.
In the four Anuttara-palaces, Vijaya, etc., the gods
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