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पंचमो उद्देसो
CHAPTER FIVE
[on cells in the hells] प्रश्न १६४-कइ णं भंते ! पुढवीओ पण्णत्ताओ? उत्तर १६४-गोयमा! सत्त पुढवीओ पन्नताओ तं जहा रयणप्पभा जाव
...तमतमा।
रयणप्पभाए पुढवीए कति निरयावाससय
प्रश्न १६५-इमीसे णं भंते ! सहस्सा पन्नता?
उत्तर १६५-गोयमा! तीसं निरयावाससयसहस्सा पन्नत्ता।
गाहा तीसा य पन्नवीसा पन्नरस दसेव या सयसहस्सा। तिनेगं पंचूणं पंचेव अणुत्तरा निरया॥
Q. 164. Bhante ! hells ?
How many have been stated to be the
A. 164. Gautama ! Hells have been stated to be seven. They are : Ratnaprabhā...till Mahā-tamaḥprabhā.
Q. 165. Bhante! In the hell called Ratnaprabhā, how many have been stated to be the cells for the infernal beings ?
A. 165. Gautama ! (They have been ) stated to be 30,00,000.
Couplet : Hundred-thousand thirty, then twenty-five,
Next fifteen and ten, Three hundred-thousand in the fifth, Then one hundred-thousand minus five, And at the seventh only five Are total cells for the infernals.
