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heavens have their sexual passion calmed down through a mere listening to the various sounds produced by the goddesses, and it is thus that they derive pleasure born of an experience of sexual enjoyment. The gods residing in the two pairs of heavens, ninthtenth and eleventh-twelfth have sexual satisfaction through a mere thought of the goddesses; for this satisfaction they require neither to touch the goddesses, nor to have a look at their form, nor to listen to their songs etc., the idea is that the goddesses reside up to the second heaven not further upwards but can travel up to eighth Kalpa devaloka. The minimum age of Kalpa-devas is one palyopama and maximum age is twenty two sagaropama. 72
The Lokantika devas are devarishis or divine ascetics since they are immune to sexual pleasure.73 These celestial beings reside in fifth kalpa, viz., Brahma devaloka, they are called Lokantika because they are eka bhava-avatari which means that released from this state of existence they are born as human beings anc attain emancipation, the divinity. Thus, they are at the end of the samsara loka. (transmigration). In Kalpa Sutra74 we observe that they follow the established tradition of calling out 'bujjhahao bujjhahao'.(i.e. please understand, please understand), appear with respect before the Tirthankara to request him to renounce the worldly pleasure and enlighten the world. The Lokantika devas are — (i) Sarasvata, (ii) Aditya, (iii) Vahni, (iv) Aruna, (v) Gardatoya, (vi) Tusita, (vii) Avyabadha, (viii) Marut, and (ix) Arishta.75 These celestial beings have Padma dravya leshya.76 But, the six bhava leshyas may exist there. The minimum age of these devas is seven sagaropamas and the maximum is ten sagaropamas."
Kilbishika devas : Kilbishika devas, viz. (i) Traipalyomika, (ii) Traisagrika, and (iii) Traidashasagrika78, have their abode79 at three places, viz., (i) below within the Saudharma and Ishanadeva loka but above Manushaloka, (ii) below the Sanatkumara and Mahendrakumara Kalpas but above Saudharma and Ishanadeva loka and (iii) below the Lantaka
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