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Chapter 4 - Sutra 27
There are eight distinctions of the Kantic Deva mentioned in the original text of these two sutras. According to the Digambara sutra text, the number is also eight, with no mention of Marut. However, in the Thanang and other sutras, nine distinctions appear; (in Uttama Charitra, there is also mention of ten distinctions). Therefore, it seems that "the original text has been adulterated." [25-26] Now it states the characteristics of the Anuttara Vimana Deva:
Vinavihu trirama r7 | Deva Vijayadi, who have taken human birth twice.
There are five types of Anuttara Vimana. Among them, the Devas residing in Vijay, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, and Aparajita are Dhicharam, meaning they attain liberation after taking human birth twice more. The sequence is as follows: After falling from the four Anuttara Vimanas, they take human birth, then after that human life, they are born as Devas in Anuttara Vimana, then return to human birth, and attain liberation in that same life. However, the Devas residing in Sarvarthasiddhi Vimana take human birth only once; after falling from that Vimana, they attain human status and achieve liberation in that life itself. For other kinds of Devas apart from those in Anuttara Vimana, there are no specific rules; because some take human birth only once to attain liberation, some twice, some three times, some four times, and some even more than that. [2]