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Rāypaseniya-sutta.
(5) Summary-God Suriyabha in Sohamma heaven: with all his paraphernalia and celestial splepdour was abserving once the Jambudvip. He comprehended the whereabouts of Lord Mahavira. The very idea of the Lord created in him feelings of rapture and with due procedure and courtsey he paid homage to the Lord repeating almost all set words of praise, such as नमोऽत्थु णं आरिहंताणं भगवंताणं आइगराणं........etc.In the end he requested the Lord to take into cognizance the salutations paid by him from a long distance. Here the student of Jain philosophy should note that gods and hellish beings are possessed of Ohinana (supernatural knowledge), from their very birth. , [अवधि: भवप्रत्ययो नारकदेवानाम्-त० सू०] ___ (5) सोहम्म (सौधर्म)-name of the heaven.. According to Jain Geography it is the first heaven. It is also spelt as सुहम्म. चउहि सामागिय साहस्सीहिं—(चतुसहस्त्रसामानिकैः) in the company of four-thousand celestial beings Instr. plural. सामानिकदेव-Gods having the same position as Indra. ___Com. मातृपितृगुरूपाध्यायमहत्तरवत्सूर्याभस्य पूजनीयाः। ___ अग्गमाहिसी (अग्रमहिषी-कृताभिषेका देवी) chief queen. अणिय (अनीक-सैन्य) army. Also it is spelt as: अणीय. आयरक्खदेव (आत्मरक्षकदेव) a deity protecting the body or body-guard. सद्धिं (सार्धम्) with... महयाऽहयनगीय....etc. (महता+अहत्+नाट्य+गीत+ वादित+तन्त्री+तल+ताल +त्रुटित+घनमृदङ्ग + पटु+प्रवादित+रव),
