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as Kumär. Their ten categories consist of i) Asurkumär (sinister youths), ii) Nägkumär (serpentine youths), iii) Vidutkumär (lightening youths), iv) Suparnakumär (eagle-like youths), v) Agnikumär (beaming youths), vi) Väyukumär, (sublime youths), vii) Stanitkumär (resonant youths), viii) Udadhikumär (serene youths), ix) Dweepkumär, (islander youths) and x) Dikkumär (youths from different directions).
TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
Those belonging to Vyantar group do not live in the constructed premises. They mostly stay within hills, mountains, forests, hollows of trees etc. in solitary and more or less deserted areas of Madhyalok and the first infernal level. Their eight categories consist of i) Kinnar (deformed humans), ii) Kimpurush (deformed persons), iii) Mahorag (great serpents), iv) Gandharva (musicians), v) Yaksha (demigods), vi) Räkshas (demons), vii) Bhoot (ghosts) and viii) Pishäch (devils). Most of them belong to the group of evil spirits. They have been treated as supernatural because of the fright arising from their capability to hurt.
ज्योतिष्काः सूर्याश्चन्द्रमसो ग्रहनक्षत्रप्रकीर्णतारकाश्च ॥४-१३॥
मेरुप्रदक्षिणा नित्यगतयो नृलोके ॥४-१४॥
तत्कृतः कालविभागः ॥४-१५॥
बहिरवस्थिताः ॥४-१६॥
4.13: Jyotishkäh Sooryäshchandramaso Grahnakshatraprakirnatärakäshcha
4.14: Merupradakshinä Nityagatayo Nṛloke
4.15: Tatkṛtah Kälvibhägah
4.16: Bahiravasthitäh
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