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Sattamo Uddeso
Section-7
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Logapāla-padam 3.247 rāyagihe nagare jāva pajjuvāsamāṇe evam vayāsī—sakkassa nam bhamte!
dedevimdassa devaranno kati logapālā pannattā? goyamā! cattāri logapālā pannattā, tam jahā—some, jame, varune vesamaņe. The Topic of Custodians
The city of Rājagyha (Bha. 1.4-10) ...... up to offering homage, he askedHow many custodians,' O Lord, is Sakra, the chief and the king of gods, said to possess? O Gautama! he is said to possess four custodians: Soma, Yama, Varuņa and Vaisravaņa.
Bhāsya 1. Custodians
There are ten categories of the community of gods—indra, sāmānika, trāyastrimśa, pārișadya, ātmaraksaka, lokapāla, anīka, prakīrṇa, ābhiyogya and kilvișika.' Among them, the lokapālas occupy the sixth position. They are like the guards of the frontiers and the protectors of the people from thieves.?
1. Ta. Sū. 4.4. 2. Ta. Sü. Bhä. Vr. 4.
4 lokapālā āraksakārthacarasthānīyāḥ svavisayasamdhirakşananirupitā āraksakāḥ arthacarāścauroddharanikarājasthānīyādyastat sadrśā lokapālāh.
Text 3.248 eesi nam bhamte! caunham logapālāņam kati vimūnā pannattā?
goyamā! cattāri vimāņā pannattā, tam jahā-samjhappabhe varasitthe sayamjale vaggū. How many vimānas, O Lord! are said to be possessed by the four custodians? O Gautama! four vimānas are said to be possessed by them—Sandhyā
prabha, Varaśişta, Svayañjvala and Valgu. 3.249 kahi nam bhamte! sakkassa devimdassa devaranno somassa mahāranno
samjhappabhe nāmam mahāvimāne pannatte? goyamā! jambūdīve dīve mamdarassa pavvayassa dāhine nam imise rayanappabhāe pudhavie bahusamaramanijjāo bhūmibhāgão uddham camdima-sūriyagahagana-nakkhatta-tārärūvāṇam bahūim joyaņāim jāva pamca vaạemsayā
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