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Bhagavati Sūtra
Q. Bhante! It is so vast and so much extended. Then how is it that it does not engulf the isle of Jambū-dvīpa... till flood it ?
A. Gautama ! The regions named Bhārata and Airāvata in the isle of Jambū-dvīpa are inhabited by Arihantas, Cakravartis, Baladeva's, Vāsudevas, Cāraņas, Vidyādharas, monks, nuns, śrāvakas, śrāvikäs, many pious men, who are, by habit and temperament, gentle, polite, mild, for which passions like anger, etc., are subdued. They are simple, tenderhearted, their senses conquered, gentle and polite. Because of their existence and impact, the Salt Sea does not engulf Jambū-dvīpa,...till flood it.
11. There are two types of sounds called aragata and päragata, the former touching the organ of hearing and hence being audible, and the latter not touching the organ of hearing and hence not being audible. The omniscient, however, knows and hears both the sounds.
12. Leaving aside the immobile beings and one-organ beings, for whom only one form is relevant, (viz., many bind seven types of karma and many bind eight types), for the rest, three forms are relevant which are :
(a) all bind seven types of karma ; (b) many bind seven types and one bind eight types ;
many bind seven types and many bind eight types.
13. Sleeping in a standing posture is called pracala. Sleep and pracalā, both are the outcome of karma enshrouding vision. Ordinary beings experience this karma and hence have both sleep and pracala.
14. Apparently, the reference is to the transfer of Mahāvīra's embryo from the womb of the Brāhmaṇi Devānandā to that of the Kşatriyāņi Trišalā. Four forms of such transfer have been stated, which are ;
