Tattvartha Sutra

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrutratnakar Ahmedabad

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3.1: Ratnasharkarävälukäpankdhoomtamomahäta
TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
mahprabhäbhoomayo Ghanämbuvätäkäshpratishthäh Saptädho'dhahpṛthutaräh
(There are seven levels lying below one another known as Ratnaprabhä, Sharkaräprabhä, Välukäprabhä, Pankprabhä, Dhoomprabhä, Tamasprabhä and Mahätamasprabhä. Each lower level has a base wider than the one above it. Each of them floats over a dense ocean, which stays over a layer of air, which in turn rests in the space. They constitute the infernal abodes.)
This sutra names seven infernal levels as Ratnaprabhä, Sharkaräprabhä, Välukäprabhä, Pankprabhä, Dhoomprabhä, Tamasprabhä and Mahätamasprabhä. The first level is gem hued, the second is pebble hued, the third is sand hued, the fourth is mud hued, the fifth is smoke hued, the sixth is dark hued and the seventh is pitch-dark hued. They are below one another and the base of each lower level is wider than that of the upper one. Each level floats over a dense ocean, which stays over a layer of air, which in turn rests in the space.
तासु नारकाः ॥३-२॥
नित्याशुभतरलेश्यापरिणामदेहवेदमाविक्रियाः ॥३-३॥
परस्परोदीरितदुःखाः ॥३-४॥ संक्लिष्टासुरोदीरितदुःखाश्चप्राक्चतुर्थ्याः ॥३-५॥
तेष्वेक त्रिसप्तदशसप्तदशद्वाविंशतित्रयस्त्रिंशत्सागरोपमाः सत्त्वानां परास्थितिः ॥३-६॥
3.2: Täsu Närakäh
3.3: Nityäshubhatarleshyäparinämdehvedanävikriyäh