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armies (anīka) and seven commanders of gods / sūtra 587 gives the names of the seven schisms (nihnava) which arose in the early history of the church, the names of the seven responsible ācāryas and the names of the cities where the schisms originated.
Chapter VIII (asta-sthānam)
Eight kinds of touch: hard, soft, heavy, light, cold, hot, smooth, coarse <599> eight kinds of signs or omens (mahānimitta): relating to earth (bhauma; Abhayadeva in his commentary states: earthquake etc.), sudden events or unexpected appearances (utpāta; Abhayadeva in his commentary states: rudhiravrsti - blood shower etc.), dreams, celestial phenomena (antariksa), body (anga; Abhayadeva in his commentary states: trembling, etc.), voice or tone (svara), marks or symbols (laksaņa), signs or token (vyañjana; Abhayadeva in his commentary states: hair on the forehead, etc.) <608> eight inflections of words (vacana-vibhakti): Nominative, Accusative, Instrumental, etc. <609> eight branches of Ayurveda: treatment of children, treatment of bodily diseases, surgery related to eye, removal of any substance which has entered the body, doctrine of antidotes, treatment of mental diseases, doctrine of aphrodisiacs, doctrine of elixirs, alchemy <611> the first future Tīrthankara will initiate eight kings <627> sūtras 631, 632, 635 up to 637 and 639 up to 644 give the names of eight islands and seas, state that the Jambū-tree is eight yojana tall, give the names of eight mountain-caves, areas, cities, goddesses, divine realms etc. / a maximum of eight Arhats, eight Cakravartins, eight Baladevas or eight Vasudevas did, do and will take birth in some specific areas in the continent Jambūdvīpa <638> the height of celestial vehicles in the heavenly abodes Mahāśukra and Sahasrāra is 800 (i.e. eight times 100) yojana <650> the minimum duration of the bondage of the karman responsible for male gender is eight years; the same period of time is stated for the karman responsible for fame (yaśas) <658>.
chapter IX (nava-sthānam)
Nine kinds of restraints (gupti) for a monk who lives in chastity (brahmacārya): he stays in solitude, avoids: talking with women, sitting near women, looking at women, tasty food, excessive quantity of food, recalling pleasures enjoyed in the past, listening to flattering (anupātin) words, does not get attached to pleasures <663> nine causes of disease: sitting continuously, sitting in wrong posture, excessive sleeping, keeping awake too long, restraining bowel movement, restraining of passing urine, excessive travelling, wrong food, agitation <667> nine oozing apertures in the human body: two ears, two eyes, two holes in the nose, mouth, urethra, anus <675> eight topics of evil scriptures (pāpa-śruta): sudden events (Abhayadeva in his commentary states: "blood-shower", etc.), augury or omen, mantra, ākhyāyikā (perhaps:
