Concept of Divinity in Jainism

SR No.: 001637
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P Ajay Kothari
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 248
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Devotion
File Size: 15 MB

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devas are of two types viz., Kalpopapanna and Kalpatita. 62 The Kalpopapanna. are those who reside within one of the Kalpas -and Kalpatitas are those who reside above the Kalpas.63 These Vaimanika devas reside neither at one and the same place nor by the side of one another but one above another (in upper loka).64
Kalpopapanna Devas : Kalpopapanna devas are of twelve types viz., (i) Saudharma, (ii) Ishana, (iii) Sanatkumara, (iv) Mahendra, (v) Brahma, (vi) Lantaka, (vii) Shukra, (viii) Sahasrara, (ix) Anata, (x) Pranata, (xi) Arana, and (xii) Achyuta.65 The following symbols are found as a mark on the crowns of twelve Indras (Shakrendra, Indra of the first devaloka, Saudharma to the Achyutendra of the twelfth devaloka, Achyuta) (i) deer, (ii) buffalow, (iii) wild boar, (iv) lion, (v) male goat, (vi) frog, (vii) horse, (viii) elephant, (ix) snake, (x) Khang, (xi) ox, and (xii) Vidim, respectively. 66 With divine smell, divine riddhi, divine leshya, divine prabha, they live in the heavens.67 In each class of Kalpas, we have an Indra, Samanikas, Trayastrimsas, Parishadyas, Atmarakshas, Lokapalas, Anikas, Prakiranakas, Abhiyogyas and Kilvishkas. 68
In Saudharma and Ishana kalpa, dravya leshya is tejas or yellow. The heavenly beings in Sanat-kumara, Mahendra and Brahma loka possess pink or padma dravya leshya. From sixth deva loka (Lantaka) to twelfth devaloka (Achyuta), the dravya leshya is shukla (white). 69 The six bhava leshyas can exist in all the twelve kalpa devas.
The celestial beings of Saudharma and Ishana derive pleasure from sexual enjoyment experienced through body like a human being. Further we observe 7 the devas residing in the third and fourth heavens satisfy their sexual hunger and thus derive pleasure through a mere touch of the goddesses. The Devas residing in the fifth and the sixth heavens derive satisfaction born of sexual enjoyment through a mere look at the decorated form of the goddesses. The Devas residing in the seventh and eighth
THE CONCEPT OF DIVINITY IN JAINISM