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The Topic of Heavens
How many kinds of heaven, O Lord! have been propounded? Gautama! four kinds of heaven have been propounded viz., Mansion, Forest, Luminous and Empyrean. There are 10 kinds of Mansion, 8 kinds of Forest, 5 kinds of Luminous and 2 kinds of Empyrean gods.
Samgahani gähä
kimidam rayagiham ti ya, ujjoe amdhayara-samaye ya pāsamtivāsipucchā, rätimdiya devalogā ya ||1||
Summary Verse
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What is this Rajagrha?
Where are light and darkness?
Who knows time etc.?
The query of the elders of Pärsva's order;
Nights and days in the cosmos
And the description of heavensthese are the topics in this uddeśaka (ie., section no. 9)
Text
5.259 sevam bhamte! sevam bhamte! tti. That is so, O Lord! That is so, O Lord!
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Bhagavai 5:9:258-259
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