Tattvartha Sutra

SR No.: 006796
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 596
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size: 10 MB

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weapons in hand, stand at the back like a body-guard. (6) Lokapālas are those who guard the border-lines. (7) Anikas are those who act as soldiers and army-chiefs. (8) Prakīrnakas are those who are akin to the rank-and-file townsmen and countrymen. (9) Abhiyogyas (=sevakas) are those who are akin to slaves. (10) Kilvişikas are those who are akin to the antyajas or the lowermost stratum of the human society. Also the so many types of Vaimānika gods residing in 12 heavens are divided into these ten classes indra, sāmānika etc.
The eight sub-types of the Vyantara-nikāya and the five of the Jyotiska-nikāya are divided into just eight classes, for in these nikāyas there are not found the classes trāyastrimśa and lokapāla. 4-5.
The Rule Regarding the Number of Indras :
The first two nikāyas have got two indras each. 6.
In each of the 10 sub-types asurakumāra etc. belonging to the Bhavanapati-nikāya and in each of the 8 sub-types kinnara etc. belonging to the Vyantara-nikāya there are two indras. Thus among asurakumāras they are Camara and Bali, among nāgakumāras Dharana and Bhūtānanda, among vidyut-kumāras Hari and Harisaha, among suparnakumāras Venudeva and Veņudhārin, among agnikumāras Agniśikha and Agnimāṇava, among vātakumāras Velamba and Prabhañjana, among stanitakumāras Sughosa and Mahāghosa, among udadhikumāras Jalakānta and Jalaprabha, among dvīpakumāras Pūrņa and Vāśistha, among dikkumāras Amita-gati and Amitavāhana. This as regards the Bhvanapati-nikāya; as regards the Vyantara-nikāya the situation is as follow : Among kinnaras the indras are Kinnara and Kimpurusa. among kimpuruṣas they are Satpuruşa and Mahāpuruṣa, among mahoragas Atikāya and Mahākāya, among gāndharvas Gītarati and Gītayasas, among yakşas Pūrņabhadra and Maņibhadra, among rākṣasas Bhīma and Mahābhima, among bhūtas Pratirūpa and Apratirūpa, among piśācas Kāla and Mahākāla.
When it is said that the two nikāyas Bhavanapati and