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भगवन्! यह इसी प्रकार है, भगवन् ! यह इसी प्रकार है, ऐसा कहकर गौतम स्वामी यावत् विचरण करते हैं।
॥ बारहवाँ शतक : तृतीय उद्देशक समाप्त ॥
3. [Q] Bhante! What is the name and class (gotra) of The First Prithvi?
[Ans.] Gautam ! The name of The First Prithvi is Dhamma and its class (gotra) is Ratnaprabha. The detailed description of (this Prithvi and) the remaining (six Prithvis) should be quoted from Nairayik, the first lesson (uddeshak) of the third chapter (pratipatti) of Jivabhigam Sutra and so on up to... maximum and minimum.
"Bhante! Indeed that is so. Indeed that is so." With these words...
and so on up to... ascetic Gautam resumed his activities.
विवेचन - जीवाभिगम सूत्र में नरक की सात पृथ्वियों के नाम एवं गोत्र बताए गए हैं जो इस प्रकार हैं - सात नरकों के नाम - घम्मा, बंसा, शीला, अंजना, रिट्ठा, मघा और माघवई ।
सात नरकों के गोत्र - रत्नप्रभा, शर्कराप्रभा, वालुकाप्रभा, पंकप्रभा, धूमप्रभा, तमःप्रभा और तमस्तमः प्रभा 5 57 (महातमःप्रभा)। इसका सम्पूर्ण वर्णन जीवाभिगमसूत्र की तृतीय प्रतिपत्ति में है ।
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Elaboration-In aforesaid three statements give the names and classes of the seven hells as described in Jivabhigam Sutra.
Name and class-The term of address given to a thing, meaningful or meaningless, is called its name. The meaningful term of address given to a thing suiting its attributes is called gotra (class).
Names of seven hells-Dhamma, Bansa, Sheela, Anjana, Rittha, Magha and Maghavai. Classes of seven hells-Ratnaprabha, Sharkaraprabha, Balukaprabha, Pankaprabha, Dhoomprabha, Tamahprabha and Tamastamahprabha. The detailed description of these is mentioned in the third chapter of Jivabhigam Sutra.
END OF THE THIRD LESSON OF THE TWELFTH CHAPTER.
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