Tattvartha Sutra

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

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TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
4.6: Poorvayordweendräh 4.7: Pitäntaleshyah
(The first two types have two Indras each. They are of black, blue, dark green or yellow aura.)
Ten categories of Bhavanpati type and eight of Vyantar type have two Indras each. They have black, blue, dark green or yellow aura. Jyotishka type has innumerable Indras and Vaimänik type has ten.
कायप्रवीचारा आ ऐशानात् ॥४-८॥ शेषाः स्पर्शरूपशब्दमन:प्रवीचारा द्वयोर्द्वयोः ॥४-९॥ uisual art: 118-20ll 4.8: Käyapraveechärä Ä Aishänät
4.9: Sheshäh Sparsharoopshabdmanahpraveechärä Dwayordwayoh
4.10: Pare'praveechäräh
(Those up to Aishän abode avail sex physically. Each two of the remaining abodes avail it by touch, sight, sound and fancying, respectively. The rest are above sex inclination.)
These sutras deal with the sexual inclination of cosmic beings. Bhavanapati, Vyantar and Jyotishka beings and those belonging to the first two levels of Vaimänik type enjoy sex like human beings. That inclination goes on declining at the higher levels. Those belonging to the third and fourth levels satisfy their inclination simply by touching the heavenly nymphs, those belonging to the fifth and sixth levels do it by looking at welldressed and adorned nymphs and those belonging to the seventh and eighth levels do it merely by hearing their sound.