Viyahapannatti 19.7

19.7.769

"How many hundreds of thousands of mansion-abodes of the Asurakumāras, Venerable Sir, are declared?"
"Gautama! Sixty-four hundred thousand mansion-abodes of the Asurakumāras are declared."
"Of what material, Venerable Sir, are they declared to be made?"
"Gautama! They are entirely made of jewels, clear, fine, up to lovely. There many souls and pudgalas enter, depart, fall, and are reborn. Those mansions are eternal from the standpoint of substance, and non-eternal in terms of color modes up to touch modes. In this way up to the abodes of the Stanitakumāras."
"How many hundreds of thousands of terrestrial city-abodes of the Vāṇamantaras, Venerable Sir, are declared?"
"Gautama! Innumerable hundreds of thousands of terrestrial city-abodes of the Vāṇamantaras are declared."
"Of what material, Venerable Sir, are they declared to be made?"
"The rest is just the same."
"How many hundreds of thousands of celestial-abodes of the Jyotiṣkas, Venerable Sir, are declared?"
"Gautama! Innumerable hundreds of thousands of celestial-abodes of the Jyotiṣkas are declared."
"Of what material, Venerable Sir, are they declared to be made?"
"Gautama! They are entirely made of crystal, clear; the rest is just the same."
"In the Saudharma Kalpa, Venerable Sir, how many hundreds of thousands of celestial-abodes are declared?"
"Gautama! Thirty-two hundred thousand celestial-abodes are declared."
"Of what material, Venerable Sir, are they declared to be made?"
"Gautama! They are entirely made of jewels, clear; the rest is just the same, up to the Anuttara celestial abodes, with the only specification being: wherever however many mansions or celestial abodes there are, that is to be known."
"Truly so, Venerable Sir! Truly so, Venerable Sir!"