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JAINA MYTHOLOGY
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On the same level as Hell, but in a different directi in, is Gods in Pātāla; there are, however, no human beings in Pātāla, Pātāla. and so the gods who dwell there are not torturers as they are in Hell. They are divided into two main classes, Bhavanapati and Vyantara. These are again subdivided, there being ten kinds of Bhavanapati: first, the dark god Asura Kumāra, whose body is all black, who loves to wear red garments, and in whose crown is a great crescent-shaped jewel; then Näga Kumāra, whose body is white, whose favourite garments are grcen, and in whose crown is a serpent's hood for a symbol; the body of Suvarna Kumāra is as yellow as gold, his clothes are white, and his symbol is an cagle; l'idyut Kumāra is red in body, he wears green vestments, anu has a thunderbolt in his crown; the body of Agni Kumāra is also red, but his dress is green, and his symbol is a jug; the next god, Dvipa Kumāra, is red, with green clothes, but has a lion for his sign; Udadhi Kumāra is a white god with green clothes, whose symbol is a horse ; an elephant is the sign of the red Dišā Kumāra, who is clad in white; the god Väyu Kumāra has a green body and wears clothes as red as the sunset sky, and his token is the crocodile; and the last of the ten Bhavanapati is Sthanita Kumāra, with a body as yellow as gold, white clothes, and a shallow earthen pot as his symbol.
The other denizens of Pātāla, the Vyantara, arc demons of various classes, and all have trees as their trade-marks. Pišāca are black-bodied, and have a Kadamba tree as a symbol; Bhūta, whose sign is the Sulasa trce, are also black. bodied; so are Yakşa, who possess the Banyan tree as their sign; Rākşasa are white and have the Khatamba tree; the green Kinnara have the Asoka tree; the white Kimpuruşa the Campaka tree; the Nāga or snake tree is the symbol of the black-bodied Mahoraga; and the last of the Vyantara demons, the black Gandharva, have the Timbara trec for their sign.
