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अध्याय-४
every row of two kalpa. This is the purport. There are four lords (indra) in the four kalpa of Saudharma, Aiśāna, Sānatkumāra and Māhendra. There is one lord (indra) named Brahma for the two kalpa of Brahma and Brahmottara. Lāntava is the lord (indra) of Lāntava and Kāpistha kalpa. Sukra is the lord (indra) of Sukra and Mahāśukra kalpa. Satāra is the lord (indra) of Satāra and Sahasrāra kalpa. There are four lords (indra) for the four kalpa of Anata, Prāṇata, Arana and Acyuta. Thus there are twelve lords (indra) of the deva residing in the sixteen kalpa. Mount Meru (or Mahāmandara) of Jambūdvīpa is embedded in the earth to a depth of 1,000 yojana and is 99,000 yojana high. Below it is the lower world (adholoka). That which extends transversely within this range (namely, the height of Mount Meru) is the transverse-world (tiryagloka). Above it is the upper world (ürdhvaloka). The crest of Mount Meru (Sudarśana Meru) is forty yojana high. And the celestialcar, called Rjuvimāna or Rtuvimāna (the vehicle of Saudharma kalpa), is only one hair's distance from the crest of Mount Meru. Other details must be ascertained from the Scripture. Why is the word 'nava' mentioned separately in the phrase 'navasu graiveyakeşu'? It indicates that there are other nine vimāna called the anudisa vimāna. By this the anudisa must be understood to have been included. It is clear now that the sixteen heavens, called 'kalpopapanna', have only twelve lords (indra). Or, the twelve lords (indra) of the heavenly deva live in sixteen kalpa.
The next sūtra describes the differences in the characteristics of the vaimānika deva.
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