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of the Stanitas; Jalakānta and Jalaprabha are the Indras of the Abdhikumāras; Pūrņa and Avašista are overlords of the Dvipakumāras; Amita and Amitavāhana are the lords of the Dikkumāras.
The Vyantaras (515-528) One thousand yojanas above Ratnaprabhā live the eight classes of the Vyantaras in northern and southern rows within eight hundred yojanas, one hundred above and below being excepted. The Vyantaras include the Piśācavyantaras with a kadamba tree as cognizance; the Bhūtas with a sulasa tree; the Yakşas with a vața tree; the Rākşasas with a khatvānga tree; the Kinnaras with an aśoka tree; the Kimpuruşas with a campaka tree; the Mahoragas with the nāgadru tree; the Gandharvas with the beautiful tumburu tree as cognizance.
Kāla and Mahākāla are overlords of the Piśācas; Surūpa and Apratirüpa are lords of the Bhūtas; Pūrņabhadra and Māṇibhadra of the Yakşas; Bhima and Mahābhima of the Rākşasas; Kinnara and Kimpuruşa of the Kinnaras; Satpuruşa and Mahāpuruşa of the Kimpuruşas; Atikāya and Mahākāya of the Mahoragas; Gitarati and Gitayaśas of the Gandharvas. These are the sixteen Indras of the Vyantaras.
In the first one hundred yojanas of Ratnaprabhā, with the exception of ten above and ten below; i.e., in eighty yojanas, there are eight classes of Vyantaras: Aprajñaptika, Pañcaprajñapti, Rşivādita, Bhūtavādita, Krandita, Mahākrandita, Kūşmāņda, Pacaka. The two Indras in these classes respectively are: Sannihita and Samāna; Dhāts and Vidhātěka; Rși and Rşipāla; Iśvara and Maheśvara ; Suvatsaka and Viśāla ; Hāsa and Hãsarati ; Sveta and Mahāśveta ; Pacaka and Pacakādhipa.
The Jyotişkas (529-551) At seven hundred and ninety yojanas above the surface of the earth is the lower level of the Jyotiskas.
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