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## First Study: The Story of Ananda
[89] Following the path, completing a month of fasting and sixty meals, and after undergoing criticism and repentance, Ananda, upon the arrival of death, relinquished his body in a state of meditation. After leaving his body, he was reborn as a god in the Arun-Vimana, located in the northeast corner of the Saudharma-Avatamsaka Maha-Vimana in the Saudharma Devaloka. There, the lifespan of many gods is four Palya-Upama. The lifespan of Shramanopasaka Ananda is also said to be four Palya-Upama.
[90] "O Ananda, Venerable One! When the lifespan, existence, and state of the gods in that Devaloka come to an end, where will they go after relinquishing their divine bodies? Where will they be reborn?"
"O Gotama! They will attain Siddha-Gati or liberation in the Maha-Videha realm."
||Nikkhevo|| ||The first study of the seventh Anga, Upasaka-Dasha, is complete.||
Gotama asked the Bhagavan Mahavir, "Venerable One! Where will Ananda go after relinquishing his divine body when his lifespan, existence, and state in that Devaloka come to an end? Where will he be reborn?"
The Bhagavan said, "O Gotama! Ananda will attain Siddha-Gati or liberation in the Maha-Videha realm."
||Nikkhevo|| ||The first study of the seventh Anga, Upasaka-Dasha, is complete.||
1. "Thus, O Jambu! This is the meaning of the first study of Upasaka-Dasha as explained by the Shraman."
2. "The conclusion," said the Arya Sudharma, "O Jambu! This is the meaning of the first study of Upasaka-Dasha as explained by the Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir, which I have told you."