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[330] What is the position of the gods in the inner council of Asura king Chamar? What is the position of the gods in the middle council and what is the position of the gods in the outer council? What is the position of the goddesses in the inner council, the middle council and the outer council? Gautama! The position of the gods in the inner council of Asura king Chamar is 2.5 palyopama, the position of the gods in the middle council is 2 palyopama and the position of the gods in the outer council is 1.5 palyopama. The position of the goddesses in the inner council is 1.5 palyopama, the position of the goddesses in the middle council is 1 palyopama and the position of the goddesses in the outer council is 0.5 palyopama. / O Lord! Why is it said that Asura king Chamar has three councils - Samita, Chanda and Jata? / The inner council is called Samita, the middle council is called Chanda and the outer council is called Jata? Gautama! The gods in the inner council of Asura king Chamar come when called, they do not come without being called. / The gods in the middle council come when called and also come without being called. The gods in the outer council come without being called. / Gautama! The second reason is that Asura king Chamar, when any kind of high-low, auspicious-inauspicious family work arises, consults with the inner council, takes their consent. He informs the middle council about his decided work, explaining the reasons etc. to them clearly and he wanders giving instructions to the outer council. For this reason, O Gautama! It is said that Asura king Chamar has three councils - Samita, Chanda and Jata. The inner council is called Samita, the middle council is called Chanda and the outer council is called Jata. [119.] "Where, O Venerable One, are the abodes of the Asura princes?" "Just as in the city of Thana, there are many houses, so also are there many abodes of the Asura king." "O Venerable One, how many councils are there of the Asura king?" "There are three councils, namely - Samita, Chanda and Jata. The inner one is Samita, the middle one is Chanda and the outer one is Jata." "O Venerable One, how many thousands of gods are there in the inner council of the Asura king? How many thousands of gods are there in the middle council and how many hundreds of gods are there in the outer council?" "O Venerable One, there are twenty thousand gods in the inner council of the Asura king. 1. Two collection verses describing the number and position of the council - Twenty-four, twenty-eight, thirty-two thousand gods of Chamar, the three are prominent, and there are also two and a half hundred gods. / Two and a half, two, one and a half, in order, the position of the gods, one and a half, two, the position of the goddesses in the councils. //