(1) The Kalpabhavas again are subdivided into twelve genera who live in
the Kalpas after which they are named; viz,--
1. Saudharma;
2. I['s]ana;
3. Sanatkumara;
4. Mahendra;
5. Brahmaloka;
6. Lantaka;
7. ['S]ukra or Maha['s]ukla;
8. Sahasrara;
9. Anata (A[n.]aya);
10. Pra[n.]ata (Pa[n.]aya);
11. Ara[n.]a;
12. Achyuta.
(2) The Kalpatitas are subdivided into--(a) the Graiveyakas, living on the
upper part of the universe; and (b) the Anuttaras or those above whom
there are no others.
(a) The Graiveyakas are of nine species, viz.--
1. Sudarsa[n.]as;
2. Supratipandhas;
3. Ma[n.]oramas;
4. Sarvabhadras;
5. Suvi['s]alas;
6. Soma[n.]asas;
7. Suma[.n]kasas;
8. Priya[.n]karas;
9. Adityas or Nandikaras.
(b) the Anuttara gods are of five orders: viz.--
1. Vijayas;
2. Vaijayantas;
3. Jayantas;
4. Aparajitas; and
5. Sarvarthasiddhas.
[Footnote: Conf. _Ratnasagara_, bh. II, pp. 616, 617; _Jour.
Asiat._ IXme Ser. tome XIX, p. 259; _Sac. Bks. E_. vol. XLV, p.
226 f. See also _Rev. de l'Histoire des Relig_. tom. XLVII, pp.
34-50, which has appeared since the above was written, for "La doctrine
des etres vivants dans la Religion Jaina".]
These Anuttara gods inhabit the highest heavens where they live for
varying lengths of time as the heavens ascend; and in the fifth or
highest--the great Vimana called Sarvarthasiddha--they all live
thirty-three Sagaropamas or periods of unimagiable duration.
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