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'BhagavatI Sūtra Bk. 8 Ch. 3
A. 192.
Gautama! They are eight, viz., Ratnaprabhā, till the seventh hell at the bottom, plus Siddhaśilä (the abode of the Siddhas) atop.
प्रश्न १९३ - इमा णं भंते! रयणप्पभापुढवी किं चरिमा अचरिमा ?
Q. 193 Bhante! Is Ratnaprabha hell extreme (as per location) or non-extreme ?
उत्तर १९३ - चरिमपदं णिरवसेसं भाणियव्वं ।
A, 193. State the whole Chapter on 'Extremes,' without omission, (in the Prajñāpanā Sūtra).
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प्रश्न १९४ - जाव... वेमाणिया णं भंते ! फासचरिमेणं किं चरिमा अचरिमा ?
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Q. 194. And what about the Vaimänikas, pray? they extreme or non-extreme in matter of touch ?
उत्तर १९४ - गोयमा ! चरिमा वि अचरिमा वि ।
A. 194. Gautama ! Both extreme and non-extreme.
- सेवं भंते ! सेवं भंते ! त्ति ।
-Bhante!
So they are. You are right.
सइओ उद्देस समत्तो ।
Chapter Three ends.
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