n]gasiddhas;
8. Napu[.m]sakali[.n]gasiddhas;
9. G[r.]ihali[.n]gasiddhas;
10. Tirthavyavachchhedasiddhas;
11. Pratyekabuddhasiddhas;
12. Svayambuddhasiddhas;
13. Ekasiddas;
14. Anekasiddhas;
15. Buddhabodhietasiddllas.
[Footnote: _Jour. Asiat_. IXme Ser. tom. XIX, p. 260.]
But the gods are divided into four classes, and each class into several
orders: the four classes are:--
I. Bhavanadhipatis, Bhavanavasins or Bhaumeyikas, of which there are ten
orders, viz.--
1. Asurakumaras;
2. Nagakumaras;
3. Ta[d.]itkumaras or Vidyutkumaras;
4. Suvar[n.]a- or Suparnaka-kumaras;
5. Agnikumaras;
6. Dvipakumaras (Divakumaras);
7. Udadhikumaras;
8. Dikkumaras;
9. Pavana- or Vata-kumaras;
10. Gha[n.]ika- or Sanitakumaras.
II. Vyantaras or Va[n.]amantaras, who live
in woods are of eight classes:--
1. Pi['s]achas;
2. Bhutas;
3. Yakshas;
4. Rakshasas;
5. Kimnaras;
6. Kimpurushas;
7. Mahoragas;
8. Gandharvas.
III. The Jyotishkas are the inhabitants of;
1. Chandras or the moons;
2. Suryas or the suns;
3. Grahas or the planets;
4. Nakshatras or the constellations;
5. Taras or the hosts of stars.
And IV. The Vaimanika gods are of two orders: (1) the Kalpabhavas, who
are born in the heavenly Kalpas; and (2) the Kalpatitas, born in the
regions above the Kalpas.
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