Tattvartha Sutra

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

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URDHVALOK JAIN CONCEPT OF COSMOLOGY
four straight directions, four in the slanting directions and one in the middle of Brahmalok. There are thus nine groups known as Säraswat (eloquent), Äditya (sun), Vahni (fire), Arun (dawn), Gardatoy (splashing), Tushit (gratified), Avyäbädh (unimpeded), Marut (wind) and Arishta (beyond hurt). They approach the Lords prior to their renunciation and point out that it is the time to renounce the worldly life. The Lokäntik beings do not have sexual inclination and are therefore termed as Devarshi. They are destined to come to the end of the worldly life very shortly.
विजयादिषु द्विचरमाः ॥४-२७॥
4.27: Vijayädishu Dwicharamäh
(Those in Vijay and other realms have to take two more births.)
There are five abodes known as Vijay, Vaijayant, Jayant, Aparäjit and Sarvärthasiddhi above the Graiveyak area. They are known as Anuttar, meaning the topmost. Sarvärthasiddhi, which is only a few Yojans away from Siddhashilä (abode of the liberated), lies in the center and the remaining four are on its four sides. The celestial beings in the Anuttar area are on the point of attaining the liberation since they have not to take more than two births.
औपपातिकमनुष्येभ्यः शेषास्तिर्यग्योनयः ॥४-२८॥
4.28: Aupapätikmanushyebhyah Sheshästiryagyona
yah
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(The remaining, except human beings and those emerging spontaneously, are Tiryanch.)