Book Title: Tattvartha Sutram
Author(s): J L Jaini
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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________________ 60 Tatyartha Sutram and 46, till in the 49th layer, the number of holes is 1 and 0 Thus in the last or 49th layer there is a central hole and 4 holes in the East, West, North and South, 5 holes in all. The rest of the holes in the 1st 6 hells are called sporadic (Prakirnaka. Thus there are. 49 Central (Indraka). 9604 in the 8 directions (Sreni baddha) 8390347 Sporadic (Prakiinaka) 84,00,000 SUTRA 3 नारका नित्याशुभतरलेश्यापरिणामदेहवेदनाविक्रिया : ॥३॥ Naraka nitya shubhatara lesya parinama deha vedana vikriyah. Hellish beings always (have very bad thought-colours, sense perceptions and their objects, bodies, feelings of pain and transforniations. Hellish beings always have the colour (a79, less yız, the paint of body and thought, 1 e 7 dravya lessya and 14 bhava less valot the 3 lower leseyas, v12 ur black. ter indigo and a grey Grey (1970, kapota ) only in hells of 1st and 2nd earths , grev (9) and indigo (afm, nila) in the 3rd; indigo only in the 4th, indigo and black (ru krisna) in the 5th, and (krisna) black in the 6tli, and thus the 7th Opt24, drar ya lesyha or body paint persists throughout life, but bhava leshiya changes with the characte of thoughtactivit. One special bhava leshya or thought-colour does ni las fy more tuin one ari, muhurta, 1 e. 48 minutes Helli.'s beings also wigs have the lowest kinds of sense perceptions, and the sound is harsh, touch is rough and hard, etc Their environny nt, including themselves, is horrible. Their bodies are also grotesque, e g. quem, hundaka, disproportionate, as a small head with a huge trunk and long fect, etc. The height of the body in the first hell is 7 bows, 3 cubits and 6 fingers. It doubles at each next hell, till in the 7th bell it is 500 bows, as 24 fingers=1 cubit, and 4 cubits=1 bow. The pangs which they saffer are very acute and intense. They change their bodies at will, but the transformation is always of a low

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