Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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of the Dvipakumāras; likewise Amita and Amitavahana, Indras of the Dikkumāras, (came to the peak of Meru).
Among the Vyantaras-Kāla and Mahākāla, Piśācaindras; Svarūpa and Pratirupa, Bhūta-purandaras; the Yakṣa-kings, Pūrṇabhadra and Manibhadra by name; Bhima and Mahābhima, Indras of the Rakṣases; Kinnara and Kimpuruşa, the chief lords of the Kinnaras; Satpuruşa and Mahāpurușa, lords of Kimpuruṣas; Atikāya and Mahākāya, Mahoraga-purandaras; Gitarati and Gitayasas, Vāsavas of the Gandharvas; and in the same way the sixteen Indras of the eight classes of VyantarasAprajñapti, Pañcaprajñapti, etc., came together.
The Indras of the Aprajñaptis, Sannihita and Samānaka; Dhātṛ and Vidhatṛ, the Adhiśvaras of the Pañcaprajñaptis; Rși and Rṣipalaka of the Ṛṣivaditakas; likewise Iśvara and Maheśvara of the Bhutavaditas; and the Indras, Suvatsaka and Visalaka of the Kranditas; Hāsa and Hasarati, Haris of the Mahākranditakas; Sveta and Mahāśveta, Purandaras of the Kuṣmaṇḍanas; Pavaka and Pavakapati, Indras of the Pāvakas; and innumerable suns and moons of the Jyotiskas came. Sixty-four Indras as named came to the peak of Meru.
The Indra of Acyuta instructed the Abhiyogika-gods: "Bring the paraphernalia for the Jina's birth-ablutions." Then, after going a short distance to the northeast in a moment and attracting the best substances by means of a vaikriyasamudghāta," they created (vikṛ)
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157 476. The whole theory of samudghāta is very complicated. To begin, there are 5 kinds of bodies: 1) audarika, the ordinary human body of all creatures in this world; 2) vaikriya, the outer body of gods and hell-inhabitants. It can also be acquired by men by penance and can be changed in form at will by those possessing it; 3) āhāraka, which can be acquired by one who knows the 14 pūrvas. By means of it, which leaves his earthly body, he may consult Arhats in other worlds about difficult points in the Scripture; 4) the taijasa, magnetic body, also belonging to all souls who have not attained emancipation. It is from this body that the hot and cold flashes emanate; 5) kārmaṇa,
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