Tattvartha sutra

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA : THE HEAVENS : 51
CHAPTER 4
THE HEAVENS
T his chapter contains the description of the remaining type og .
T living-beings - Devas or the heavenly beings who live in the upper universe.
The Heavens And The Gods - • Devāścaturnikāyāḥ || 1 || There are four groups of gods or heavenly beings (1).
• Trtīyah pitalesyah || 2 || The third group is of yellow or fire hue'. (2)
• Daśāstaparicadvādaśavikalpāḥ kalpopapannaparyan
tāḥ || 3 || The gods of the four groups, upto the Kalpa-born ones, are sub
divided into ten, eight, five and twelve sub-groups respectively. (3)
• Indrasāmānikatrāyastrimśapārísadyātmaraksaloka
pālānīkaprakīrṇakābhiyogyakilvisikāścaikaśaḥ || 4 || Each of the aforementioned sub-categories of gods of these four
groups are either kings, ordinary gods, court officials, king's friends, body-guards, frontier-guards, soldiers, citizens, servants or meals.
The four groups of gods are - 1. Bhavanapati, 2. Vyantara, 3. Jyotiska, and 4. Vaimānika. This hue is the physical colouring of their bodies and not the
spiritual hue as referred to earlier.