Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.73
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.73
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Bambhaloa or Bambhaloga (Brahmaloka) A celestial region with its lord as Bambha(5).¹ There are four lakhs of abodes in it.² These abodes are seven hundred yojanas in height.³ Its lord has sixty thousand sāmānika gods and two hundred forty thousand ātmarakṣaka gods.⁴ The minimum longevity of the gods born therein is seven⁵ Sāgaropama years whereas the maximum one is ten sāgaropama.⁶ This region is considered as the best of all the celestial regions.⁷ Logamtiya gods reside in the Acci, Riṭṭha(7) etc. abodes of this region.⁸ Bambhaloga is divided into six following layers : Araa(2), Viraa(2), Niraa, Nimmala, Vitimira and Visuddha.⁹