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lower spindle comprises seven tiers of inferior earths 

 or hells, at the distance of a i^ajn from each other, 

 and its base is measured by seven ?'ajus. These seven 

 hells ai'e Ratna prabha^ Sancara prabha, Balucd 

 prabhd^ Panca prabhd, Dhuman prabha, Tama prabhd, 

 Taniatama prabhd. The upper spindle is also seven 

 rajus high ; and its greatest breadth is five rajus. 

 Its summit, which is 4,500,000 Yojaiias wide, is the 

 abode of the deified saints : beneath that are five Vi- 

 mdnaSj or abodes of gods : of which the centre one 

 is named Sarvdrfhasiddlia : it is encompassed by the 

 regions Jpatrgita, Jayanta, Vaijayanta, and Vijaya. 

 Next, at the distance of one raju from the summit, 

 follow nine tiers of worlds, representing a necklace 

 (graimyaca^) and inhabited by gods, denominated, 

 from their conceited pretensions to supremacy, Aha- 

 mindra. These nine regions are, ^Aditya, Pritincara, 

 Somanasa, Sumanasa, Suvisdlay Sarvatobhadra, Ma-, 

 nbrama^ Sapravaddlia^ and Siidars'ana. 



Under these regions are twelve (the Digambaras 

 say sixteen) other regions, in eight tiers, from one 

 to five rajas above the earth. They are filled with 

 yimdnas, or abodes of various classes of gods, called 

 \>y the general name of Calpai)dsis. These worlds, 

 reckoning from that nearest the earth ; are, Saudlia- 

 ma and I sdna ; Sanatcumdra and Mahendra ; JBrahme; 

 Ldntaca ; S'licra ; Sahasrdra ; A'nata and Prdnata ; 

 Arana and Achyuta. 



The sect of Jina distinguish four classes of deities, 

 the Vaimdmcas, Bhuvanapatis, Jiotishis, and Vyan- 

 taras. The last comprises eight orders of demigods, 

 or spirits, admitted by the Hindus in general, as the 



.gdds are able to travel in six months, at the rate of 2,057|152 Yoja- 

 «W#, (of 20W o^o^a ^acb.) in the twinkling of an eye. 



