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Jain Contribution - Cosmology
Liberated Souls
Heavenly Beings
Human and Animals
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Acharya Umasvati (1st Century AD), in the third and fourth chapters of Tattvartha Sutra, describes in detail the structure of the universe, its constituents
and its inhabitants.
Hellish Beings
Jain Universe Spiritual progress is possible in Bharat, Airavat and Videha sectors of the universe (five each). Thus humanoids live in
fifteen sectors of the universe. Bharatairavata-videh karmabhumayao
Tattvartha-Sutra 3/16
