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法苑珠林 3.7

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3.7

Second, regarding the bodily measurements in the form realm: relying on what is stated in the Abhidharma treatises, the bodies of the Brahmapāriṣadya devas are half a yojana in height; the Brahmapurohita devas are one yojana in height; the Mahābrahmā devas are one and a half yojanas in height; the Parīttābha devas are two yojanas in height; the Apramāṇābha devas are four yojanas in height; the Ābhāsvara devas are eight yojanas in height; the Parīttaśubha devas are sixteen yojanas in height; the Apramāṇaśubha devas are thirty-two yojanas in height; the Śubhakṛtsna devas are sixty-four yojanas in height; the Puṇyaprasava devas are one hundred and twenty-five yojanas in height; the Anabhraka devas are two hundred and fifty yojanas in height; the Bṛhatphala devas are five hundred yojanas in height; the Asaṃjñisattva devas are also like this; the Avṛha devas are one thousand yojanas in height; the Atapa devas are two thousand yojanas in height; the Sudṛśa devas are four thousand yojanas in height; the Sudarśana devas are eight thousand yojanas in height; the Akaniṣṭha devas are sixteen thousand yojanas in height.

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