Tattvartha Sutram

Author(s): Adishwarprasad Jain
Publisher: Adishwar Jain

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Fourth Chapter
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The Residentials (a) live as follows In the first earth, Ratnaprabha there are three strata, one above the other with an interval of 1000 yojanas. The first is called kharabhaga (mw) this is the abode of 9 classes of Residentials, 1e of all except Asura Kumaras, The Asucas reside in the 2nd stratum called panka-bhaga (C) In the rhurd or lowest stratum, called Abbahula-bhaga (gam, there is utunted the 1st hell
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व्यन्तरा किम्मरकिम्पुरप मोरगगधर्वयक्षराक्षसभूतपिशाचा ॥ ११ ॥ Vyantarah kinnara kimpurusa mahoraga gandharva yakea raksasa bhuta pishachah
The (classes of) Penpatetics (are)
1 Kinnara
2. Kimpurusho
3 Mahoraga
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Gandharya
5 Yaksha
6
Rakshasa
7 Bhuta
8 Pishacha
Some of these live in the innumerable Oceans and Continents 1. e, all excepts the Rakshasa, live in the khara-bhaga or first uppermost stratum of the first earth Ratnaprabha The Rakshasas live in the 2nd or panka-bhaga of the same
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ज्योतिका सूर्याचन्द्रमसौग्रहनक्षत्रप्रकी रिंग कतारकामच ।। १२ ।। Jyotiskah surya chandramasau graha naksatra prakirnika
tarakascha
The classes of settlers are
1 Surya, the sun
2 Chandrama, the moon
3 Graha, the planets
4 Nakshatra, the constellations
5 Prakırnika taraka, scattered stars
The stellars begin at a height of 790 yojanas (each of 2000 kosas) from the level of the earth on which we are The lowest are the stars