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4681 [ Prajñāpanasūtra 644. Question about the origin of the Dhumaprābhā-pṛthvī Nārikas. Gautama! Just as it was said about the origin of the Pankaprābhā-pṛthvī Nārikas, so it should be said about the origin of these. The special point is that one should deny (their origin) from the Chatushpada (terrestrial five-sensed Tiryanchas). [644 Pr.] Bhagavan! From where do the Nārikas of the Dhumaprābhā-pṛthvī arise? [644 U.] Gautama! Just as it was said about the origin of the Nārikas of the Pankaprābhā-pṛthvī, so it should be said about the origin of these. The special point is that one should deny (their origin) from the Chatushpada (terrestrial five-sensed Tiryanchas). 645. [1] Bhagavan! From where do the Nārikas of the Tamaḥprābhā-pṛthvī arise? [645-1 Pr.] Gautama! Just as it was said about the origin of the Nārikas of the Dhumaprābhā-pṛthvī, so it should be understood about the origin of the Nārikas of this pṛthvī. The special point is that one should deny (their origin) from the terrestrial five-sensed Tiryanchas. [2] According to this (previous) statement, if they (the Dhumaprābhā-pṛthvī Nārikas) arise from the five-sensed Tiryancha yonis, then do they arise from the aquatic five-sensed Tiryanchas, or from the terrestrial five-sensed Tiryanchas? Or do they arise from the aerial five-sensed Tiryanchas? [645-2 Pr.] Gautama! (They) arise from the aquatic five-sensed Tiryanchas, but not from the terrestrial five-sensed Tiryanchas, nor from the aerial five-sensed Tiryanchas. [3] Bhagavan! If (they) arise from humans, then do they arise from the Karmabhūmi humans, or from the Akarmabhūmi humans, or from the Antaravīpa humans? [645-3 Pr.] Gautama! (They) arise from the Karmabhūmi humans, but not from the Akarmabhūmi humans, nor from the Antaravīpa humans. [4] Bhagavan! If (they) arise from the Karmabhūmi humans, then do they arise from the Sankhyejjavāsau humans, or from the Asankhyejjavāsau humans? [645-4 Pr.] Gautama! (They) arise from the Sankhyejjavāsau humans, but not from the Asankhyejjavāsau humans.