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DEVENDRASTAVA : 71
238.
The gods with life-spans more than that (twenty-five Sāgropama years) are able to see upto innumerable lands and oceans. Upwards, all the gods can see upto the heights of the domes of their own Kalpas.
239.
The hellish creatures, the gods and the Tīrthankaras have clairvoyant perceptions from their births and they can see wholly while the others (who acquire it through spiritual efforts) can see only partially.
240.
Thus, I have briefly described the subject of the limits of clairvoyant perception. Now, I shall, again, describe the colours, thicknesses and heights of the Deva-vimānas.
DESCRIPTION OF VIMĀNAS, MANSIONS, PALACES, LIFE-SPANS RESPIRATION AND BODIES ETC OF THE
VAIMĀNIKA GODS 241. The land in the Saudharma and the īśāna Kalpa heavens is
two thousand and seven hundred Yojana thick and it is strewn and studded with various kinds of gems.
242.
In those vimānas there are many mansions and palaces with beautiful gem-studded platforms, domes of Vaidūryagems, which are decorated with gem-garlands and gem studdedjewellery
243.
Out of those Deva-vimānas, the black ones, where the gods live, appear like the black metal or the dark cloud or the crow-feather.
244.
The green coloured Deva-vimānas, where the gods live, appear like the Medaka metal or like the neck of the peacock.
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