Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s1.256

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Bhavaṇavāsi ( Bhavanavāsin ) One of the four main classes of gods. They are grouped under ten sub-classes: Asurakumāra, Nāgakumāra, Suvaṇṇakumāra, Vijjukumāra, Aggikumāra, Dīvakumāra, Udahikumāra, Disākumāra, Vāukumāra and Thaṇiyakumāra.¹ Each group of them has two lords (indras), one of the south and the other of the north. Camara(1) and Vairoaṇa(2) or Bali(4), Dharaṇa(1) and Bhūyāṇaṃda(1), Veṇudeva and Veṇudāli, Harikaṃta and Harissaha, Aggisiha and Aggimāṇava, Puṇṇa(3) and Vasiṭṭha(3), Jalakaṃta(1) and Jalappabha(1), Amiyagai and Amiyavāhaṇa, Velaṃba(1) and Pabhaṃjaṇa(3) and Ghosa(1) and Mahāghosa(4) are their lords respectively.² Bhavaṇavāsi gods have seven crore and forty-two lakh bhavanas ( dwelling places ) which are situated in the Rayaṇappabhā (2) region, leaving its upper and lower portions, each³ of the extent of one thousand yajanas.