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Gods Of Vyantara Heavens
Vyantaraḥ Kinnara–Kimpurusa-Mahoraga-Gandharva-Yaksa-Raksasa-Bhūta-Piśācāḥ || 12 ||
Gods of the Vyantara group are - Kinnara, Kimpurusa, Mahoraga, Gandharva, Yaksa, Raksasa, Bhūta, and Piśāca. (12)
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Gods Of Jyotiska Heavens -
• Jyotiskāḥ
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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA : THE HEAVENS : 55
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Those living on the Surya (the Sun), Candra (the Moon), Graha (the planets), Nakṣatra (the stars), and Prakīrṇa-tārakā (other heavenly bodies) are the gods of the Jyotiska group. (13)
• Merupradaksiņā nityagatayo nṛloke || 14 ||
Tatkṛtaha kālavibhāgaḥ || 15 ||
Bahiravasthitaḥ || 16 ||
They revolve aroud Mt. Meru in the Middle world (the Madhyaloka where the humans and sub-humans live) and are ever on the move. The division of time has been brought about by their motion. They are outside the middle world. (15-16)
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Suryaścandramaso
Prakīrna-Tārakāśca || 13 ||
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Graha-Naksatra
Gods Of Vaimanika Heavens
Vaimānikāḥ ||17 ||
Kalpopapannāḥ kalpātītāśca || 18 ||
The gods of the fourth group are Vaimānikas. They are either Kalpopapanna (born in the group of heavens categorized as Kalpa-heavens) and Kalpātīta (those in the heavens beyond the Kalpa-heavens). (17-18)
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