Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 2

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

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CHAPTER THREE
in diameter than the sheath of Ratnaprabhā. In the Thick Wind one gavyūta (=& yojana) increase, and in the Thin Wind there is one-third of a gavyūta increase. This (same) increase to the dimensions of the Sarkarāsheaths takes place in the diameters of the sheaths of the third earth. In the same way this increase in the dimension of each preceding sheath is made in the sheaths up to the seventh earth. Everywhere, the sheaths Thick Water, Thick Wind, and Thin Wind have a height the same as that of their respective earths. The seven earths supported by Thick Water, etc., are as described. . In these earths are the hells, the places for experiencing bad karmas. The pain (of punishment), disease, body (its size), age, soul-color, grief, fear, etc., must be recognized as increasing in the hells in succession. The Ratnaprabhāearth is one hundred and eighty thousand yojanas deep. The dwellings of the Bhavanapatis are inside it, with the exception of one thousand yojanas above and below. 287
Bhavanapatis (506-514) The Bhavanapatis are in two rows in the north and south, like rows of shops on the highway. The Bhavanādhipas are as follows: the Asuras with a crest-jewelcognizance; the Nāgas with a snake-hood; the Vidyuts with a thunderbolt; the Suparņas with a garuda; the Vahnis with a jar ; the Vāyus with a horse ; the Stanitas with a vardhamāna; the Udadhis with a makara; the Dvipas with a lion ; and the Dikkumāras with an elephantcognizance. Among these the two Indras of the Asuras are Camara and Bali; Dharaṇa and Bhūtānanda are the Purandaras of the Nāgas; Hari and Harisaha of the Vidyutkumāras; the Vāsavas of the Suparnas are Veņudeva and Venudārin; Agniśikha and Agnimāņava are the lords of the Agnikumāras; Velamba and Prabhañjana of the Vāyukumāras; Sughoșa and Mahāghoșa are the Vāsavas
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I.e., there is a' roof' and a
floor' of 1000 yojanas.