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तथा अवेय-केष्वनुत्तरेघूत्तरवैक्रियं नास्ति । तत्सत्यामपि शक्तो प्रयोजनामावे तदकरणादिति संटेक, (एतश्च) ग्रन्यकृतानोक्तं तथापि प्रक्रमादुक्तमित्यर्थः॥३३॥
D. C. "Išānāntam” means upto the Isāna Déva-loka. Ratnis are the hastas (measure of a hand: The déva-lokas meant are the abodes of the Bhavana-patis, tiie Vyantaras, the Jyotiskas, Saudharma and the Isäna. After these for three couples of the déva-lokas, there is the loss of one hasta each, in the height of the body of the deities What is meant is this
Height in Hastas
Deva-lokas 1 Bhavana-pati, Vyantaras Jyotiska, Saudharma
and Išāna
.... 7 Hastas
,
2 Sanat Kumāra+Māhéndra..................6 3 Brahma and Läntaka.....................5 4 Sukra and Sahasrāra...................
Again, for the group of the next four déva-lokas, the Nava-Giraivéyakas and the Anuttaras, there is the loss of one hasta in due gradation
Thus:
3 Hastas
Devalokas 5 Ānata Prănat Araṇa+Acyuta 6 Nava Graivéyaka 7 Anuttara
2
>
1 Hasta
This measurement is to be taken with the help of Utsédhe angula, and not of pramāṇa angula.
The measure of utsedha angula is given thuss-Paramāņu, Trasarénu, Ratharénu, Vālāgra, Likṣā, Yukas, Yavas and aşta guņas in their respective order is the measure of an Utsedha angula.
