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भगवती सूत्र शः ४ उ: १-४
vata msaka, Sphatikāvataṁsaka, Ratnavata ṁsaka and Jātarūpāvata msaka, with Iśānāvata msaka at the centre of them. As one goes obliquely to the east of the great vimana Iśānāvatamsaka, and covers a distance of an unlimited thousand yojanas, there is the great vimāna named Sumana, which belongs to Mahārāja Soma, the Lokapala of Iśāna, the Indra of the gods, their king. Its length and breadth are 122 lakh yojanas each. Other details are the same as that of (the great vimāna of Mahārāja Soma, the Lokapāla of Sakrendra,...till the end of the sec
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The description of the vimāna of each Lokapāla constitutes a Chapter, and so four vimānas make four Chapters complete, but differences are in their life-span. The life-span in each case is as follows:
Mahārāja Soma and Yama have each a life-span of three quarters less than two palyopamas, Vaiśramaņa has a life-span of two Palyopamas and Varuņa has three quarters added to a palyopama. The progeny-like gods have each a lifespan of one palyopama.
पढम-बिईय-तईय- चउत्था उद्देसा सम्मत्ता
Chapters One-Two-Three-Four end
