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Praśamarati
Verse No. 212. (i.e. the twelve Vaimānika heavens, the nine Graiveyaka heavens grouped as one world, the five Anuttara heavens grouped as one world. (All these are habitats of Devas or demi-gods), the Siddha - kşetra is the habitat of the Liberated souls.)
Verse No 221: In verses (188 to 221) a very brief description is given. For a much more detailed description of the nine Concepts of Reality or Categories, the six Substances and the description of the cosmic, please see 1) Nava-Tattva, 2)
Tattvārtha - Sūtra of Pūjya Sri Umāsvāti with the commentary on it by Pūjya Śrī Siddhasenagaņi, 3) Sangrahaņī of Pūjya Sri Jinabhadragani - Kșamāśramaņa, and 4) The commentary on his own Yoga-Šāstra by Pujya Śrī Hemacandrācārya.
Verse No. 232: Examples of obligatory practices : 1) Repentance to clear the defects that take place in practising the Religion, 2) The daily practice of confession and returning from sin, 3) The daily practice of cleaning and airing one's clothes and possessions and 4) Study.
Verse No. 243: These sub-divisions are made of the vows that keep one away from sinning, of the various types of penances and austerities, of the various meditations, of the various holy thoughts and of the various obligatory good practices.
Verse No. 248: The above is a very brief description of the four types of holy meditations. The interested reader, for more details, is referred to 1) Tattvātrtha of Pujya Srī Umāsvāti, 2) Dhyānaśataka of Pūjya Sri Jinabhadra Kșamāśramana, and 3) Yoga Šāstra of Sri Hemacandrācāryasūri.
Verse No. 280: Once again only the names of these Dhyānas are available in the scriptures. A detailed description of what these are is no longer there in the existing scriptures.
