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## Eighth Study: The Great Century
[195] He began to know and see the region up to the Himalayas, the mountain of the year, in the north, and in the netherworld, the first hell, Ratnaprabha, up to the hell called Lolupacyuta, which has a lifespan of eighty-four thousand years. Revati's repeated unsuccessful attempts.
254. Then that Revati, the wife of the poet, intoxicated with wine, became mad (staggering, with disheveled hair), repeatedly throwing her upper garment, went to the Poshadshala, where the ascetic Mahaśataka was. Arriving, she spoke to Mahaśataka as before. (You do not enjoy the abundant pleasures of human life with me, O beloved of the gods! What will you get from dharma, merit, heaven, and liberation?) She said it a second time, a third time, and then the same again.
Mahaśataka's prediction of Revati's unfortunate future.
255. Then that ascetic Mahaśataka, the great century, became angry when his wife Revati spoke to him in this way a second time, a third time. He used his knowledge of the future, used it, and knowing by his knowledge of the future, he said to his wife Revati: "O Revati, who desires death! You will be afflicted by the disease called Alasaka within seven nights, and being tormented, distressed, and helpless, you will die peacefully at the end of your lifespan, and after death, you will be born in the first hell, Ratnaprabha, in the netherworld, in the hell called Lolupacyuta, among the hell-dwellers who have a lifespan of eighty-four thousand years."
This sutra mentions the disease Alasaka, from which Revati suffered greatly before her death.
Alasaka is a severe disease of the stomach and intestines. It is described in the Matrashitiya chapter of the Ashtanga Hridaya. There it is written:
"A person who is weak, has a slow digestive fire, and who holds back the urge to defecate and urinate, will have wind that travels through the air passages."