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unit) to other place than home (sthānāntara). Seer Rşabha had eighty-four groups (gaņa), eighty-four direct-disciples and eighty four thousand monks. Eighty-four lac ninety seven thousand twenty-three mansions (in aggregate of the celestial gods) are described.
Notes A. The break up of the eighty-four lac hellish abodes is as follows: Hell
No. of dwellings First hell
30 lacs Second hell
25 lacs Third hell
15 lacs Fourth hell
10 lacs Fifth hell
3 lacs Sixth hell
99995 Seventh hell Total
84 lacs B. The height of the four Meru mountains excluding that of the island of Jambū continent is eighty four thousand yojana each. C. In this aphorism, the number of letters (pada) of Bhagavatīsūtra is given as eighty four thousand while Nandīsūtra mentions this number as two lac eighty eight thousand letters'. The commentator Abhayadevasūri has designated the account of Samavāyānga as of different tradition". Ach. Mahāprajña opined that both versions may belong to different redactions (vācanā). D. Lord Rsabhadeva had eighty four thousand disciples and according to Nandīsūtra the equal number of Prakīrņakas were composed by these disciples". E The break up of eighty four lac species of birth are as follows: Particular
Number of species Earth-bodied
7 lacs Water-bodied
7 lacs
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