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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Kalpa devas but above Brahmaloka Kalpas respectively. The Kilbishika celestial devas are generally despised and shunned and they do menial work.80 The Sthiti (age) of these three Kilbishika celestial beings is three palyopama, three sagaropama and thirteen sagaropama respectively.
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Kalpatita devas: Kalpatita means beyond the zone of Kalpas. These celestial beings are of two types Graiveyaka and Anuttara. 2 In Kalpatita beings there is no division of devas in the form of Indras, Samanika etc. All the Devas in Kalpatita devaloka enjoy equal status. They are called Ahamindras (I am Indra),83 since they are akin to Indra. These heavenly beings are immune from sexual enjoyment.84 The dravya leshyas of these devas is only white (shukla).85 They (Graiveyaka) may have the six bhava leshyas.86
Graiveyaka The word Graiveyaka has the root 'Griva' which means neck. These heavenly beings act like neck in relation to loka, conceived after the figure of a man, and are called Graiveyakas. These devas reside above the eleventh and twelfth kalpa deva, viz., Arana and Achyuta Vaimanika Kalpavasi but below the Anuttara devaloka.87 These celestial beings never leave their places with a view to visiting another quarter. 88 These heavenly beings are of nine types, viz., i) Sudarshana, ii) Supratibaddha, iii) Manorama, iv) Sarvatobhadra, v) Suvishala, vi) Sumanas, vii) Sanmauasya, viii) Priyankara, and ix) Nandikara.89
The minimum age of Graiveyaka is twenty three sagaropama and maximum is thirty one sagaropama.90
Anuttaradevas (Anuttaraupapatika devas): They are an - uttara which means the best. These celestial beings are supreme devas and born with right belief. They reside" above the ninth Graiveyaka viz., Nandikara (Upper Graiveyaka of the upper trinity) but far below the Siddha Shila. The Anuttara celestial beings are of five" types, viz., (i) Vijaya, (ii) Vaijayanta, (iii) Jayanta,
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