法苑珠林 70.49

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問曰。二十五有云何分別。答曰。如舍利弗阿毘曇論說。欲界之中具十四有。色界有七。無色有四。三界合論故有二十五。欲界十四者。謂四惡趣。即以為四。又取四天下人。復以為四。帖前為八。又取六欲諸天以六。帖前便為十四有也。

Question: How are the twenty-five states of existence differentiated? Answer: As stated in the Śāriputrābhidharma-śāstra, the desire realm fully contains fourteen states of existence, the form realm has seven, and the formless realm has four; taken together across the tridhātu, there are therefore twenty-five. The fourteen of the desire realm are: the four bad destinies, which make four; taking the humans of the four continents makes another four, which added to the previous makes eight; further taking the various devas of the six desires makes six, which added to the previous makes fourteen states of existence.