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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CHAPTER FOUR
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Ratipriya, Ratiśreștha. The type Kimpurusa is divided into ten subtypes—viz. Puruşa, Satpuruşa, Mahāpurusa, Purusavrsabha, Purusottam, Atipuruṣa, Marudeva, Maruta, Meruprabha and Yaśasvat. The type of Mahoraga is divided into ten sub-types—viz. Bhujaga, Bhogaśālin, Mahākāya, Atikāya, Skandhaśālin, Manorama, Mahāvega, Mahesvakşa, Merukānta and Bhāsvat. The Gāndharvas have got twelve sub-types—viz. Hāhā, Hūhū, Tumburava, Nārada, Ķsivādika, Bhūtavādika, Kādamba, Mahākādamba, Raivata, Viśvāvasu, Gītarati, Gītayasas. The Yakşas have got thirteen subtypes—viz. Pūrņabhadra, Maribhadra, Svetabhadra, Haribhadra, Sumanobhadra, Vyatipātikabhadra, Sübhadra, Sarvatobhadra, Manusyayakşa, Vanādhipati, Vanāhāra, Rūpayaksa and Yaksottama. The Rāksasas have got seven sub-types-viz. Bhima, Mahābhīma, Vighna, Vināyaka, Jalarākṣasa, Rākşasa, Brahmarāksasa. The Bhūtas have got nine sub-types—viz. Surūpa, Pratirūpa, Atirūpa, Bhūtottama, Skandika, Mahāskandika, Mahāvega, Praticchanna, Akāśaga. The Piśācas have got fifteen sub-types-viz. Kūşmānda, Pataka, Josa, Āhnaka, Kāla, Mahākāla, Cauksa, Acauksa, Tālapiśāca, Mukharapiśāca, Adhastāraka, Deha, Mahāvideha, Tüsnīka, Vanapiśāca.
The eight types of Vyantaras have respectively got for their symbol Asoka, Campaka, Nāga, Tumbaru, Vața, Khatvānga?, Sulasa, Kadambaka. All these symbols, barring Khatvānga, are of the form of a species of tree and all are affixed in the ornament etc. of the type of Vyantara concerned. 12.
The Five Types of Jyotiska :
The region of the circle of Jyotiskas begins at a height of 790 yojanas above the even ground-level of the mountain Meru; beginning from there the region is 110 yojanas thick, while in the transverse direction its extent equals that of asankhyāta continents and oceans. At a height of ten yojanas within this region—that is, at a height of 800 yojanas above the even ground-level of the mountain Meru — there are situated the Vimānas or celestial
1. Khatvānga is a particular instrument employed by an ascetic.