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No. 21. 
T hawawi Sahatsa Paritwird. These represent the 2,000 lesser Dwipas, 
or islands surrounding the four great Dwipas, and are in the proportion 
of 500 to each of the latter. 
No. 22. 
Yukhalang. The Siamese Pld Tap,he-un thang thang K,ho, or the 
huge golden fishes which lurk in the ocean betwixt Meru and the Dwipas, 
causing whirlpools to boil. Perhaps these allude to the Sanscrit Sisumdra. 
Below Meru is the country of the Assurs, who, according to the 
Burmans, were cast out of Paradise, or Tawatingsa, by Gopama. This 
the Siamese do not assert: they are, however, spirits who rebelled against 
the gods, and were cast down from heaven. Their country is divided into 
four quarters, each under the sway of its own prince or king. 
The diameter of the whole is 10,000 yojanas. 
The king of the eastern quarter is called Wrepacuutu Assura. 
Pxa.uxa Assura reigns in the west; Raunu Assuruntna in the north; 
and Amp,Hara Assura in the south. 
In this country of the Assurs there is also a mighty tree. 
The virtuous, according to their degrees of merit, will take precedence in 
the heavens of the Phramma. 
The age of the P,hramma Paré Sachja is one-third of an Asangh,haiya 
Kalpa. 
The Maha P hramma live a complete Kalpa. 
The P,hramma Parohata live half of a perfect Kalpa. 
There are three Tatiyaj hana: 
Ist. Parétabha, who live two Kalpas in this heaven. 
2d. Appamanab,ha, who exist for four Ka/lpas in this state. 
3d. Abhassara, who live eight Kalpas in this state. 
TATEYAS HANA. 
The Parétas-achha. The Brahmans here live sixteen Kalpas. 
The Appamanasub,ha. The Brahmans live in this stage thirty-two Kalpas. 
The Sub,ha Kénhaka, where they exist for the immense period of sixty- 
four Kalpas. 
