[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c21.409 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.409 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.409 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.409) The capital city of Tāvatimsa was Masakkasāra.²² The average age of an inhabitant of Tāvatimsa is thirty million years, reckoned by human computation. Each day in Tāvatimsa is equal in time to one hundred years on earth.²³ The gods of Tāvatimsa are most handsome; the Licchavis, among earth-dwellers, are compared to them.²⁴ The stature of some of the Tāvatimsa dwellers is three-quarters of a league; their undergarment is a robe of twelve leagues and their upper garment also a robe of twelve leagues. They live in mansions of gold, thirty leagues in extent.²⁵ The Commentaries²⁶ say that Tāvatimsa was named after Magha and his thirty-two companions, who were born there as a result of their good deeds in Macalagāma. Whether the number of the chief inhabitants of this world always remained at thirty-three, it is impossible to say, though some passages, e.g. in the Janavasabha Sutta, lead us to suppose so. - [Previous: v1.c21.408](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.408) - [Next: v1.c21.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.410) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.409) · Pramāṇa