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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
to Acyuta. Above these are the higher celestial regions - vimānas of Graiveyaka, Anudiśa, and Anuttara. Above these is the holy Siddha silā, which is the abode of the Pure Souls dissociated forever from corporeal body and, having reached the topmost part of the universe, remain there in eternal bliss. The following description of the Siddha sila is given in the Scripture*:
At the top of the three worlds, is the eighth earth called Īşatprāgbhāra, which is one rajju wide, seven rajju long, and eight yojana high. In the middle of this earth is the Siddha kşetra (Siddha silā) in the form of a canopy (chatra), white like silver and with diameter equal to that of the human region*. It is eight yojana thick in the middle and decreases towards the margins like that of a bowl kept upright. In the upper layer of rarefied air (tanuvātavalaya) of this Siddha kşetra reside the liberated Pure Souls, Siddhas, endowed with eight supreme qualities. The whole of the region below this abode of the Pure Souls is the region of transmigration, known as samsāra, which is to be crossed with the aid of the Supreme Teacher.
Beyond the universe-space (lokākāśa) is the infinite nonuniverse space (alokākāśa) - see Fig. 1 on the next page.
* Shri Nemicandra Siddhāntacakravarti's Trilokasära, verses 556,
557, 558. † The human region is 45,00,000 yojana long and as many broad.
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