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42.
Towards the North, there are thirty lākha (palaces of Asurakumāras), forty lākha (palaces of Nāgakumāras), thirty-four lākha (palaces of Suparņakumāras), thirty-six lākha (palaces each of Dvīpakumāras, Udadhikumāras, Vidyutakumāras, Stanitakumāras and the Agnikumāras) and forty-six lākha (palaces of Vāyukumaras).
43.
THE FAMILIES OF THE BHAVANAPTI INDRAS
All Bhavanapti and Vaimanika Indras have three tiered courts constituted by Trāyamstrimśa, Lokapāla and Sāmānika gods. The number of body-guard gods is four times those of the Sāmānika (ordinary) gods.
44.
The number of Sāmānika devas (ordinary gods) - subjects of of various classes of Indras is said to be as – sixty-four thousands Bhavanapatis of the South, sixty thousands of those of the North, six thousands Vāņavyantaras and four thousands of Jyotiska Indras.
45.
Camarendra and Bali have five queens-consorts each, while the rest of the Bhavanapati Indras have six queens-consorts each.
46.
THE RESIDENCES OF BHAVANAPATI INDRAS
Two Bhavanapati Indras reside in the Jambūdvīpa, four on Mt. Manusyottara, six in the Arunasamudra (Aruņa sea) and eight Bhavanapati Indras reside on the Arunadvīpa (Aruna island).
47.
These Bhavanapati Indras are born in/on the same sea (Samudra) or island (Dvīpa) in/on which they have their residences.
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