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Preface
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The nature of Upayoga (Utilization). ॥8॥ It is of two kinds, with eight and four divisions. ॥9॥ - Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 2 The Upayoga (Utilization) of the Jivas is of two kinds - Nana (Knowledge) and Darsana (Faith). The Nana (Knowledge) is of eight types and the Darsana (Faith) is of four types. ॥96॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 102 The immovable beings are the earth, water, fire, air, and plants. ॥13॥
- Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 2 The earth, water, fire, air, and plants - these are the immovable beings. The one-sensed beings are also included in them. ॥13॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 102 The embryonic, oviparous, and sweat-born beings have a womb. ॥33॥ The birth of the celestial and infernal beings. ॥34॥ The spontaneous origination of the remaining beings. ॥35॥
- Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 2 The egg-born, womb-born, and sweat-born beings are mentioned. The celestial and infernal beings, and the spontaneously originating beings are also stated. ॥17॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 102 The Audarika, Vaikriyika, Aharaka, Taijasa, and Karmana bodies. ॥36॥ The subtler ones are successively more subtle. ॥37॥
- Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 2 The Audarika (gross), Vaikriyika (transformable), Aharaka (food-made), Taijasa (fiery), and Karmana (karmic) bodies. The subtler ones are successively more subtle in qualities. ॥298॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 102 The seven regions below are the realms of gems, gravel, sand, mud, smoke, great darkness, and absolute darkness. ॥1॥
- Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 3 The realms of gem-luster, gravel, mud, smoke, and great darkness - these are the seven lower realms, increasingly more terrible. ॥66॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 102 Among them, there are thirty-five, twenty-five, fifteen, ten, and five Narakas (hells) respectively. ॥2॥
- Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 3 There are thirty, twenty-five, fifteen, ten, and five Narakas (hells) respectively. The three, five, and five are the Anuttara Naraka (supreme hells). ॥36॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 2 The ultimate abode of the beings with one, three, seven, seventeen, seventeen, twenty-two, and thirty-three Sagaropama (ocean-like) lifespans. ॥6॥
- Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 3 There are one, three, seven, seventeen, seventeen, twenty-two, and thirty-three Sagaropama (ocean-like) lifespans respectively. ॥83॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 102 The auspicious named islands and oceans are Jambudvipa, Lavanoda, etc. ॥7॥ They are twice as wide as the previous ones, in the form of concentric circles. ॥8॥
- Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 3 The islands like Jambudvipa and the oceans like Lavanoda - they are mutually separated and their number is innumerable. ॥101॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 102 Among them, Jambudvipa has a diameter of one hundred thousand Yojanas (ancient unit of length) with Meru as its center. ॥9॥
- Tattvartha Sutra Ch. 3 In its center is the Meru mountain, which is ten thousand Yojanas high and wide. ॥103॥
- Pumacariya Uddesa 102