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The Tārthasūtra describes the lowest states of the celestial realms as follows: In the first heaven, there is one palyopama, in the second, there is something more than one palyopama, in the third, there are two sāgaropamas, and in the fourth, there is something more than two sāgaropamas. Beyond the fifth level, all the celestial realms have the same low status that, with respect to their own expectations, is superior to the inferior status of the earlier heavenly realms. According to this rule, a position that exceeds the fourth celestial realm by seven sāgaropamas is the same as the low position in the fifth realm; the superior position of the fifth, according to ten sāgaropamas, is the low position in the sixth; the fourteen sāgaropamas' superior position in the sixth is the low position in the seventh. The superior position of seventeen sāgaropamas in the seventh is the low position in the eighth; the superior position of eighteen sāgaropamas in the eighth is the low position in the ninth; the superior position of twenty sāgaropamas in the ninth is the low position in the tenth; the superior position of twenty-one sāgaropamas in the tenth is the low position in the eleventh; the superior position of twenty-two sāgaropamas in the eleventh is the low position of the twelfth; the superior position of twenty-three sāgaropamas in the twelfth is the low position of the first Chāyavyaka. In this way, the superior position of the lower Rāyavyaka should be understood as the low position of the upper Pravayaka. Accordingly, the low position of the ninth Grevayaka becomes that of thirty sāgaropamas. The low position of the four Anuttara vimanas corresponds to thirty-three sāgaropamas. There is no difference between the superior and low positions in the Sarvārthasiddhi. Thus, it is the state of thirty-three sāgaropamas. [39-40.
Now it refers to the low position of hell: नारकाणां च द्वितीयादिषु । ४३ ।| SR No. | 001074 |
| Book Title | Tattvartha sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | Umaswati, Umaswami |
| Author | Sukhlal Sanghavi |
| Publisher | Jain Sahitya Prakashan Mandir |
| Publication Year | 1977 |
| Total Pages | 667 |
| Language | Gujarati, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Gujarati, Tattvartha Sutra, Philosophy, J000, J001, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth |
| File Size | 23 MB |