Tattvartha Sutra

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

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TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
levels of spiritual elevation. The higher one reaches, the more blissful, the more enlightened, the purer he becomes, while his unwholesome tendencies turn downward.
पीतपद्मशुक्ललेश्या द्वीत्रिशेषेषु ॥४-२३॥ ur tacizi: domu: 118-7811 4.23: Peetpadmashuklaleshyä Dwitrishesheshu 4.24: Präg Graiveyakebhyah Kalpäh
(The first two, the next three and the rest have yellow, lotus-red and white aura respectively. The abodes below the level of Graiveyaks constitute Kalpa.)
The aura of Vaimänik beings in first two realms is yellow; it is lotus-red in third to fifth realms and white in the remaining realms. The realms below Graiveyak level are collectively known as Kalpa in the sense that the hierarchy mentioned earlier prevails in those realms.
ब्रह्मलोकालया लोकान्तिकाः ॥४-२५॥ सारस्वतादित्यवल्यरुणगर्दतोयतुषिताव्याबाधमरुतोऽरिष्टाश्च ॥४-२६॥ 4.25: Brahmalokälayä Lokäntikäh
4.26: Säraswatädityavahnyarungardatoyatushitävyäbädhmaruto’rishtashcha
(Lokäntik beings live around Brahmalok. They are known as Säraswat, Aditya, Vahni, Arun, Gardatoy, Tushit, Avyäbädh, Marut and Arishta.)
Among the celestial beings there are Lokäntik beings that live around Brahmalok (fifth level). Four groups of them live in