Tattvartha Sutra

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

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URDHVALOK JAIN CONCEPT OF COSMOLOGY
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Those from ninth to twelfth levels do not need such gesture. They have very subtle sex instinct, which is satisfied merely by fancying about the nymphs.
Existence of the celestial nymphs is admitted up to the second level only, because the males beyond that level do not need to indulge in physical sex. When sex inclination arises among the males at those levels, the nymphs go to them up to the eighth level in order to provide gratification by touch, sight or sound and then come back to their own level.
भवनवासिनोऽसुरनागविद्युत्सुपर्णाग्निवातस्तनितोदधिद्वीपदिक्कुमारा: 118-8811
व्यन्तराः किन्नरकिंपुरुषमहोरगगान्धर्वयक्षराक्षसभूतपिशाचाः ॥४-१२॥
4.11: Bhavanaväsino’surnägvidyutsuparnägnivätastanitodadhidweepdigkumäräh
4.12: Vyantaräh Kinnarkimpurushmahoraggändharvayaksharäkshasbhootpishächäh
(Ten categories of Bhavanapati beings consist of Asurkumär, Nägkumär, Vidutkumar, Suparnakumär, Agnikumär, Väyukumär, Stanitkumar, Udadhikumar, Dweepkumar and Dikkumär; eight categories of Vyantar beings consist of Kinnar, Kimpurush, Mahorag, Gändharva, Yaksha, Räkshas, Bhoot and Pishäch.)
of the four types of cosmic beings, Bhavanapatis and Vyantars do not actually reside in upper realms. Bhavanapatis stay underworld below and around the mountain Meru. They are called Bhavanpati, because they reside in vast mansions, which are termed as Bhavans. Since those beings are handsome, soft spoken, youthful and playful, they are known