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355 [4]. How big, O Lord, is the bodily occupation of the Gevejjaya gods ? The body of the Gevejjaya gods is said to be of one kind (only), viz. the normal body which is maintained till the end of life, and that is (equal to) an innumerablth part of an amgula in the minimum and two rayanis in the maximum.
355 [5]. How big, O Lord, is the bodily occupation of the Anuttarovavaiya gods? The body of the Aruttarovavaiya gods is said to be of one kind (only), viz. the normal body which is maintained till the end of life, and that is (equal to) an innumerablth part of an amgula in the minimum and one rayani in the maximum.
356. This (above described ussehamgula)' is stated to be threefold in brief, viz.
(1) sulamgula (rectilinear);
(2) payaramgula (plane surface); (3) ghanamgula (cube).
The sulamgula is one amgula long row of space-points, with (a thickness equal to) one space-point (the breadth also being equal to one space-point), the payaramgula is (equal to) su multiplied by sül, and the ghanamgula is (equal to) payara multiplied by sui.
357. Which of these-suciamgula (sic), payaramgula, and ghanamgula is, O Lord, relatively less or greater or equal or extra-plus ? The sulamgula is the least of all, the payaramgula is innumerable times (greater than the sütamgula), and the ghanamgula is innumerable times (greater than the payaramgula).
This is the ussehamgula.2
358. Then what is the pamanamgula ? The pamanamgula is stated (as follows):
(There is) the kaganit jewel stated to be possessed by every king who is the emperor of (the whole) world up to the four ends, which is (equal to) eight sovannias" (in weight), has six surfaces, twelve
1. Vide supra, sutta No. 339.
2. Vide supra, sutta No. 339.
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Vide supra, sutta No. 333.
4. This is one of the fourteen jewels of a Cakravartin, which consist of Itthi (lady), Senavai (mititary general), Gahavai (house-holder), Purohiya (priest), Vaddhai (architect-engineer), Asa (horse), Hatthi (elephant), Asi (sword), Danda (stick), Cakka (discus), Chatta (umbrella), Gamma (shield), Mani (precious stone) and kagani (a cubical jewel). Vide Samavayanga 48 (Suttagame Part I, p. 327, lines 27-29).
5. Vide supra, sutta No. 328 for suvanna.
