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URDHVALOK JAIN CONCEPT OF COSMOLOGY
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4.37: Visheshtrisaptadashaikädashtrayodashpanchadashabhiradhikäni Cha
4.38: äranächyutädoordhwamekaikena Navasu Graiveyakeshu Vijayädishu Savärthasiddhe Cha
(Life span of Bhavanapati chiefs in southern half is one and a half Palyopam, of others it is one and three quarter Palyopam. For two Asurendras it is one Sägaropam and above. In Saudharma it is two Sägaropams, in Aishän it is a little more. In Sänatkumär it is seven Sägaropams. From Mähendra to Achyut it is more than seven, more than ten, more than fourteen, more than seventeen, more than eighteen, more than twenty and more than twenty-two Sägaropams respectively. In nine Graiveyaks and five Anuttar realms the life span increases by one Sägaropam each.)
These sutras deal with the maximum life spans. Bhavanapati area consists of ten abodes as mentioned in Sutra 4.11. Each of them is divided into northern and southern halves. In Asurkumär abode, the chief of southern half (known as Chamar) has a life span of one Palyopam, while that in northern half (known as Bali) has a little longer than that. In the rest of Bhavanapati abodes the chiefs of southern halves have a life span of one and a half Palyopam, while those of northern halves have one and three-quarter Palyopam.
There are twelve realms of Vaimänik beings as mentioned in sutra 4.20. Of these, the maximum life span in the first realm (Saudharma) is of two Sägaropams, in the second (Aishän) it is a little more and in the third (Sänat) it is seven Sägaropams. In fourth (Mähendra) it is more than seven, in fifth (Brahmalok) it is more than ten, in sixth (Läntak) it is more
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