Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.116
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.116
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v2.c8.s4.116
Logamtia or Logamtiya (Lokāntika) A class of gods who are born in Bambhakappa and according to the established custom they visit and praise Titthamkaras on the auspicious occasion of their renunciation and pray them to propagate the path which is a blessing to all creatures in the world.¹ In Bambhakappa, under the layer of the Riṭṭha(7) vimāna and in the line of eight kṛṣṇarāīs, there are Logamtiya celestial abodes : Acci, Accimālī, Vairoyaṇa(1), Pabhaṃkara(2), Camdābha(1), Sūrābha, Sukkābha, and Supatiṭṭhābha. The following eight sub-classes of gods live therein : (1) Sārassaya. (2) Āicca, (3) Vaṇhi, (4) Varuṇa, (5) Gaddatoya, (6) Tusiya, (7) Avvābāha, (8) Aggicca(1).² Some add Riṭṭha (7) as the ninth.³ These gods take only one more birth.⁴