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CHAPTER THREE
The Upper World (750-797)
Above this Human World there is the Upper World, magnificent, seven rajjus less nine hundred yojanas. In this there are twelve heavens: Saudharma, Iśāna, Sanatkumāra, Mahendra, Brahmaloka, Lantaka, Šukra, Sahasrāra, Anata, Prāṇata, Āraṇa, and Acyuta. The nine Graiveyakas are as follows: Sudarśana, Suprabuddha, Manorama; above them, Sarvabhadra, Suviśāla, Sumanas; and above them, Saumanasa, Pritikara, and Aditya. Above those are the five named Anuttara. Beginning from the east the palaces are named Vijaya, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, Aparajita, and Sarvarthasiddhaka in the center. Twelve yojanas above is Siddhaśila, forty-five lacs of yojanas long and wide. In the (upper) sixth part of the fourth gavyūta immediately above three gavyūtas above it (Siddhaśilā) are the siddhas at the end of Lokāgratā.
It is one and a half rajjus from ground-level through Saudharma and Iśana; two and a half through Sanatkumāra and Mahendra; five through Sahasrara, and six rajjus through Acyuta. There are seven rajjus up to the top of the universe.
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Saudharma and Iśāna are round like the moon. the southern half is Sakra (as Indra) and Aiśāna in the north. Sanatkumāra and Mahendra have the same shape as they have; Sanatkumāra is in the south half, and Mahendra in the north. Beyond them, in the place corresponding to the elbow of the man representing the universe, in the center of the universe is Brahmaloka, and Brahma is its lord. At the end are the Lokantika-gods: Sarasvatas, Adityas, Agnis, Aruņas, Gardatoyakas, Tusitas, Avyābādhas, Maruts, and Ristas. Above it is Lantakaheaven, whose Indra has the same name. Next comes Mahāśukra, whose Indra also has the same name; and next Sahasrara with an Indra of the same name. Then come Anata and Praṇata with the shape of Saudharma and Isana. Their Indra, named Pranata, lives in Pranata
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