[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Arthavinishcayasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra) › 18 # Arthavinishcayasutra 18 Arthaviniścayasūtra 18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra.18) (kha) upādānapratyayo bhava iti | bhavaḥ katamaḥ? trayo bhavāḥ | katame trayaḥ? kāmabhavaḥ | rūpabhavaḥ | ārūpyabhavaśca | tatra kāmabhavaḥ katamaḥ? tadyathā - narakāḥ | tiryañcapretāḥ | asurāḥ | ṣaṭ kāmāvacarā devāḥ || tadyathā - aṣṭau mahānarakāḥ | katame 'ṣṭauḥ? tadyathā - uṣṇā mahānarakāḥ | saṃjīvaḥ | kālasūtraḥ | saṃghātaḥ | dvau ca rauravau | tapanaḥ | pratāpanaḥ | avīciśca | iti || mahānarakāḥ || tadyathā - arbudaḥ | nirarbudaḥ | aṭaṭaḥ | hahavaḥ | huhuvaḥ | utpalaḥ | padmaḥ | mahāpadmaḥ || katame ṣaṭ devāḥ? cāturmahārājikā devāḥ | trāyastriṃśāḥ | yāmāḥ | tuṣitāḥ | nirmāṇaratayaḥ | paranirmitavaśavartino devāḥ || tatra rūpabhavaḥ katamaḥ? tadyathā - bramhakāyikāḥ | brahmapurohitāḥ | mahābrahmāṇaḥ | parīttābhāḥ | apramāṇābhāḥ | ābhāsvarāḥ | parīttaśubhāḥ | apramāṇaśubhāḥ | śubhakṛtsnāḥ | anabhrakāḥ | puṇyaprasavāḥ | abṛhāḥ | atapāḥ | abṛhāḥ | sudarśanāḥ | akaniṣṭhāśceti || ārūpyadhātavaḥ katamāḥ? tadyathā - (AvSū, Vaidya 314) ākāśānantyāyatanam | vijñānānantyāyatanam | ākiṃcanyāyatanam | naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatanam || ārūpiṇāṃ devānāṃ cittamātramadhyāyināṃ cāturvidhā upapattiḥ | ayamucyate upādānapratyayo bhavaḥ || - [Previous: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra.17) - [Next: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra.19) ## Linked texts (6) - [Nidānasaṃyukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.nidanasamyukta.16.13) — Sanskrit - [坐禪三昧經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.82) — Classical Chinese - [Pratītyasamutpādavibhaṅgasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.pratityasamutpadavibhangasutra.39) — Sanskrit - [དོན་རྣམ་པར་ངེས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གྲངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra*bo.7) — Classical Tibetan - [Pratītyasamutpādādivibhaṅganirdeśasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.pratityasamutpadadivibhanganirdesa.13) — Sanskrit - [Two Brick Inscriptions from Nalanda (Brick B, with variants of Brick A)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.north.varia.two-brick-inscriptions-from-nalanda-brick-b-with-variants.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.arthaviniscayasutra.18) · Pramāṇa