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[158] [From the Prajñāpanā [2] in the Bhūyānananda, where the Nāgakumāri, the Nāgakumārārāya, resides, who is Mahiddha, (the rest of the description) as far as 'Prabhāsamaṇe' (should be understood according to Sū. 177). There, he (Bhūtānanda) rules over forty lakh Bhavanāvāsa, and moves forward, as far as (the whole description should be understood according to Sū. 177) / ] 183-2. In these (aforementioned places) the Nāgakumārendra, Nāgakumārārāja, Bhūtānanda resides, who is Mahiddha, (the rest of the description) as far as 'Prabhāsamaṇe' (should be understood according to Sū. 177). There, he (Bhūtānanda) rules over forty lakh Bhavanāvāsa, and moves forward, as far as (the whole description should be understood according to Sū. 177) / ] 184. [1] Tell me, Bhante! Where are the places of the sufficient and insufficient Suvaṇṇakumāra Devas mentioned? Tell me, Bhante! Where do the Suvaṇṇakumāra Devas reside? Gautama! Except for one thousand yojanas above and below this Ratnaprabhāpṛthvī, in the remaining part, as far as, there are sixty-two lakh Bhavanāvāsa of the Suvaṇṇakumāra Devas, it is said. / Those Bhavanas (Bhavanāvāsa) are round from the outside, as far as the form. There, the places of the sufficient and insufficient Suvaṇṇakumāra Devas are mentioned. (Those places) are in the countless part of the Lokas, from the three perspectives. / There, many Suvaṇṇakumāra Devas reside, who are Mahiddha; (the rest of the description) as far as 'move forward' (should be understood according to Sū. 177). [184-1 Pr.] Bhagavan! Where are the places of the sufficient and insufficient Supaṇṇakumāra Devas mentioned? Bhagavan! Where do the Supaṇṇakumāra Devas reside? [184-1 U. Gautama! Except for one thousand yojanas above and below this Ratnaprabhāpṛthvī, in the remaining part, as far as, there are sixty-two lakh Bhavanāvāsa of the Supaṇṇakumāra Devas, it is said. / Those Bhavanas (Bhavanāvāsa) are round from the outside, as far as the form. There, the places of the sufficient and insufficient Supaṇṇakumāra Devas are mentioned. (Those places) are in the countless part of the Lokas, from the three perspectives. / There, many Supaṇṇakumāra Devas reside, who are Mahiddha; (the rest of the description) as far as 'move forward' (should be understood according to Sū. 177). [2] Where the Veṇudeva-Veṇudālī, the Suvaṇṇakumāri, the Suvaṇṇakumārārāya, reside, who are Mahiddha, as far as (Sū. 177) 'move forward'. [184-2] In these (aforementioned places) two Supaṇṇakumārendra, Supaṇṇakumārārāja-Veṇudeva and Veṇudālī reside, who are Mahiddha; (the rest of the description according to Sū. 177) as far as 'move forward'; should be understood. 185. [1] Tell me, Bhante! Where are the places of the sufficient and insufficient Dāhiṇillā Suvaṇṇakumāra Devas mentioned? Tell me, Bhante! Where do the Dāhiṇillā Suvaṇṇakumāra Devas reside? Gautama! From here, as far as eighty-eight thousand yojanas, there are thirty lakh Bhavanāvāsa of the Dāhiṇillā Suvaṇṇakumāra Devas, it is said. / Those Bhavanas are round from the outside, as far as the form. / 1. 'Jāva' and 'Jahā' words should be understood according to the Sūtra which indicates the whole description in that place.