I am Mahavira

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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I AM MAHAVIRA
infernal, empyrean and astral beings also. There are continuous
processes of birth and death.
"The occupied universe has a three-tier structure. It consists of lower (hells), middle (humans and sub-humans) and upper (astral and empyreans) world. It has a shape of a human being with its stretched feet and hand palms on the waist. We live in the middle world. It consists of innumerable island-continents (Dvipas) and oceans (Sāgaras) surrounding each other. Jambudvipa (Island or Rose apple tree) is one of them. It is in the centre where we live in its Aryan Section.
UPPER REGION (HEAVENS
MIDDLE
REGION Onehund
LOWER REGION HELLS)
TO
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Pebes-hued
Bard-hund
Mud-fund
Sopes.
Bracke-ud -pes
Dark 4.5 repte
Mite-Dark
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180.000 sight
Fig. 18. Jain Universe.
"There are two kinds of basic entities in the universe; (1) The living ones and (2) the non-living ones. It is the combination of