Tattvartha Sutram

Author(s): Adishwarprasad Jain
Publisher: Adishwar Jain

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Thard Chapter
Peripatetic (Vyantara), celestial beings thc Raksasa
The middle part is Panka bhaga, 84,000 yojanas thick The Asura and Raksasa live here The lowest part is Abbahula bhaga, 80,000 yojanas thick The first hell is situated here, ? e only in the mobile channel (Trasa nadı) of this part
Sharkara Prabha is 32,000 yojanas thick The second hell is situated in the mobile channel in this
Valuka Prabha has 28,000 yojanas and the thurd hell Panka Prabha has 24,000 yojanas and the fourth hell. Dhuma Prabha las 20,000 yojanas the fifth hell Tamah Prabha has 16,000 yojanas and the sixth hell Maha Tamah Prabha has 8,000 yojanas and the seventh hell
SUTRA 2 तासु त्रिगत्पचविंशतिपचदशदशत्रिपचोनेकनरकशतसहस्राणिपचचवयथाक्रमम् ॥ २॥ Tasu trinshatpachavinshatipanchadashatripanchonai kanarakashatasahasranıpanchachauvayathakramam In these (earths there are the following) bells respectively 30 lacs (in the 1st), 25 (, , 2nd ), 15 , 6 , 3rd ), 10 , 6 , 4th ), 3 (, ,5th ), 99,995 (, , 6th ); 5 lacs (,„ 7th),
Total 84 lacs
The hellish beings are born and live in [these hells These hells are really huge holes in which the hellish beings live They are in different layers (Patala) The 1st to the 7th earths have 13, 11, 9, 7,5, 3, and 1 layer for each of the 1st to the 7th hell respectively, 1 e 49 layers in all
In each layer there is a central hole (Indraka bila ), and lines (Sreni badbha) of holes in the 4 cardinal and 4 intermediate directions
In the first layer, there are 49 in each of the cardinal directions, and 48 in each of the intermediate corners
In the second layer, the numbers are 48 and 47, in the third, 47