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[188] [Prajñāpanasūtra [210 u.] Gautama! Above this earth, which is full of jewels and very even and beautiful, there are many hundreds of yojanas, many thousands of yojanas, many lakhs of yojanas, many crores of yojanas, and many koṭikoṭi yojanas above, where the celestial beings in the form of the moon, sun, planets, stars, and constellations reside. Passing through the Saudharma, Aiśāna, Sanatkumāra, Mahendra, Brahmaloka, Lāntaka, Śukra, Sahasrāra, Pānat, Prānat, Prāraṇa, and Acyuta kalpas, and the three hundred and eighteen vimāna vāmas of the three gre veyakprastṭas, and going far beyond them, there are five great vimānas, called the five Anuttara (maha) vimānas, situated in the five directions, free from dust, pure, without darkness, and very large. They are as follows: 1. Vijay, 2. Vaijayanta, 3. Jayanta, 4. Aparājita, and 5. Sarvārthasiddha. These vimānas are completely made of jewels, clear like crystal, smooth, soft, polished, smooth, free from dust, pure, spotless, without any covering, shaded, radiant, prosperous, shining, pleasing, beautiful, and well-proportioned. There, the places of the Anuttaropapātika devas, both sufficient and insufficient, are said to be. These places are in the countless parts of the loka, according to the three expectations. There, many Anuttaropapātika devas reside. O venerable Śramaṇa! They are all equally endowed with riches, all equally strong, all equally influential, very happy, without Indra, without a messenger, and without a priest. These devas are called 'Ahamindra'. Discussion - The places of all the Dhaimānika devas are described in detail in the fifteen sūtras (sū. 196 to 210) presented here, from the ordinary vimānas to the special kalpopapannas like Saudharma, etc., and the nine gre veyakas and the five Anuttaropapātika kalpātita vimānas, their places, vimānas, their characteristics, the devas residing there, the Indras, the Ahamindras, etc. The total number of ordinary vimānas is 84,97,023, including the number of vimānas in the Saudharma, etc., special kalpopapannas, which are 32, 28, 12, 8, and 4 lakhs, respectively. The separate crown marks of the devas of the twelve kalpas are: 1. The Saudharma devas have a deer on their crown, 2. The Aiśāna devas have a buffalo on their crown, 3. The Sanatkumāra devas have a boar on their crown, 4. The Mahendra devas have a lion on their crown, 5. The Brahmaloka devas have a goat on their crown, 6. The Lāntaka devas have a frog on their crown, 7. The (maha) Śukradevas have a horse on their crown, 8. The Sahasrārakalpadevas have an elephant on their crown, 9. The Pānatkalpadevas have a snake on their crown, 10. The Prānatkalpadevas have a wild animal or a jackal on their crown, 11. The Āraṇakalpadevas have a bull on their crown, and 12. The Acyutakalpadevas have a 'viḍima' on their crown. Explanation of Sakkhi Sapḍidisī - Those whose sides, i.e., flanks, are the same in the east-west-north-south directions are called 'sap̣akṣa', i.e., those with the same direction, and those whose opposite directions and different directions are the same are called 'sapratiḍisa'. / 2 1. Prajñāpanā. Malaya. Vṛtti, Patrāṅka 100 2. Prajñāpanā. Malaya. Vṛtti, Patrāṅka 105