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भगवती सूत्र शः ३ उः ७ पप्णत्ता अहावच्चाऽभियाणं देवाणं एगं पलिओवमं ठिई पण्णत्ता Tufacts T... AT HEITIATI
To the south of Mount Meru, which is in Jambu-dvipa, the following activities that take place, viz., iron mines, zinc mines, copper mines, lead mines, silver mines, gold mines, diamond mines, vajra raina mines, sprinklings of wealth, of silver, of gold, of gems, of thunder, of ornaments, of leaves, of flowers, of fruits, of seeds, of wreaths, of colours, of powders, of perfumes, of clothes, showers of silver, of gold, of gems, of vajra ratna, of ornaments, of leaves, of flowers, of fruits, of seeds, of wreaths, of colours, of powders,
rfumes, of clothes, of vessels, of milk, good time, bad time, low price, high price, easy begging, difficult begging, purchase, sale, and stock of ghee, jaggery, etc., stock of corn, of treasure, of wealth, treasure whose owners are dead, treasure which there is none to look after, treasure uncared for, treasure of which owners are extinct, treasure of which the name, race and line of the owners are extinct, treasure stored in chambers built at places where three roads meet, at places where four roads meet, in squares or on elevations, on highways, on ordinary thoroughfares, (beneath) city sewerage, in cremation grounds, on hills or in caves, in śānti-grha, in a cavern carved out of a mountain, in assembly halls or in residential houses--all these are known to Mahārāja Vaișramaņa, the Lokapāla of Sakra, the Indra of the gods, their king; and all these are not unknown, unseen, unheard of, unremembered by, nor are they cutside the knowledge either of him or of the Vaiśramaņa-kāyika gods.
The following gods are progeny-like of Mahārāja Vaiśramaņa, the Lokapala of Sakra, the Indra of the gods, their king :
Purnabhadra, Manibhadra, Salibhadra, Sumanobhadra, Cakra, Rakşa, Pūrņarakşa, Sadvān, Şarvayaśa, Sarvakāya, Samsddha, Amogha and Asanga.
The life-span of Mahārāja Vaiśramaņa, the Lokapāla of Sakra, the Indra of the gods, their king, is two palyopamas, and that of his progeny-like gods is one palyopama. Mahārāja Vaiśramaņa is in possession of such great fortune,...till great influence.
