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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA: THE HEAVENS : 53
• Trayastrimiśalokapālavarjvă vyantarajyotiskāh || 5 || Amongst Vyantaras and Jyotiskās there are no gods of the
courtier (Trayastrinića) and Frontier-guards (Lokapāla) categories. (45)
• Pūrvayordvindrāh || 6 ||| Each of the first two groups have two Indras (Kings). (6)
• Pītāntaleśyāh || 7 || | The gods of the first two groups have physical hues up to yellow or
the colour of fire (Black, blue, grey and yellow-fire). (7)
• Kāyapravīcārā ā aišānāt || 8 || • Sesāḥ sparśarūpaśabdamanahapravīcāradvayordva
yoḥ || 9 || Up to Aiśāna kalpa (Bhavanapati, Vyantara, Jyotiska and the
first two Vaimānika kalpas) the gods enjoy bodily pleasures. Beyond the second Vaimānika kalpa in each of the two kalpas the gods, respectively, enjoy only through the sense of touch, sight, hearing and thought. (8–9)
Pare'pravīcārāh || 10 || Beyond these kalpas the gods do not have lust at all. (8-10)
Gods Of Bhavana Heavens - • Bhavanavāsino'suranāgavidyutsuparnāgnivātastani,
todadhidvīpadikkumārāh || 11 || Ten types of gods in the Bhavanavāsi group are - Asurakumāra,
Nāgakumāra, Vidyutakumāra, Suparnakumāra, Agnikumāra, Vātakumāra, Stanitakumára, Udadhikumāra, Dvipakumara, and Dikkumära. (11)
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