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166.
These twelve Kalpapati Indras have, thus, been described as the masters of the Kalpa heavens. There is none else who can command the gods there.
NON-EXISTENCE OF INDRAS IN THE GRAIVEYAKA AND ANUTTARAVIMĀNA HEAVENS : BIRTHS UP TO THE GRAIVEYAKA HEAVENS OF THOSE OF OTHER
FAITHS AND CORRUPT VISION
In the heavens above those (Kalpa) the gods are born with the self-governing dispositions, because in the Graiveyaka (and Anuttaravimāna) heavens the births of gods with other dispositions (of mastership or servitude) is not possible.
168.
Those who are of corrupt vision but still observe monastic vows, are born only up to the Graiveyaka heavens and not in the heavens beyond them.
NUMBER OF HEAVENLY ABODES (VIMĀNAS) OF THE
VAIMĀNIKA INDRAS
169. Here, the noble and affluent Sakra, the king of
Saudharmakalpa is said to have thirty-two hundred thousand heavenly abodes (vimānas).
170.
The Indra of the īsānakalpa heaven possesses twenty-eight hundred thousand vimānas and there are twelve hundred thousand vimānas in the Sanatkumārakalpa heaven.
171.
Similarly, the Māhendrakalpa heaven has eight hundred thousand vimānas and the Brahmalokakalpa heaven has four hundred thousand.
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