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been done in case of celestial beings and others, the abode of subhumans (tiryańca) must also be mentioned. These are spread throughout the universe; hence their region need not be mentioned.
The lifetimes of the infernal, human, and subhuman beings have been described. Those of the deva have not been described. The lifetimes of the deva, starting with the residential (bhavanavāsī) deva, are described now.
स्थितिरसुरनागसुपर्णद्वीपशेषाणां सागरोपमत्रिपल्योपमार्द्धहीनमिताः ॥ २८ ॥
भवनवासी देवों में असुरकुमार, नागकुमार, सुपर्णकुमार, द्वीपकुमार और बाकी के कुमारों की आयु क्रम से एक सागरोपम, तीन पल्योपम, 31615 पल्योपम, दो पल्योपम और डेढ़ पल्योपम है।
The lifetime of Asurakumāra, Nāgakumāra, Suparṇakumāra, Dvīpakumāra and and the rest of the residential (bhavanavāsī) deva, is one sagaropama, three palyopama, two and a half palyopama, two palyopama, and one and a half palyopama, respectively.
Asurakumāra and the others are taken respectively with sägaropama, and the rest. This is the maximum lifetime. The minimum is mentioned later. The maximum is as follows. The lifetime of Asurakumāra is one sagaropama, that of Nagakumāra three palyopama, that of Suparṇakumāra two and a half palyopama, that of Dvipakumāra two palyopama, and that of the other six subclasses of residential (bhavanavāsī) deva one and a half palyopama.
The lifetime of the peripatetic (vyantara) and the stellar (jyotiska)
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