[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970) › v2.c8.s4.597 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.597 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.597 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c8.s4.597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.597) Vāṇamaṃtara (Vānavyantara) One of the four classes of gods. They are under Vesamaṇa(9) and dwell in the Rayaṇa(4) Kaṇḍa of one thousand yojanas of the Rayaṇappabhā(2) infernal region, leaving one hundred yojanas of the upper-most as well as the lower-most portion of the Kaṇḍa. They also live in mountain-caves, forests, trees, unoccupied places etc. in this human world. They enjoy a maximum life of one palyopama years and a minimum life of ten thousand years. Their height is seven ratnis. They are of eight sub-classes : (1) Pisāya, (2) Bhūya(2), (3) Jakkha, (4) Rakkhasa(1), (5) Kiṇṇara (2), (6) Kiṃpurisa, (7) Mahoraya and (8) Gaṃdhavva(1). Aṇavaṇṇiya, (2) Paṇavaṇṇiya, (3) Isivāya, (4) Bhūyavāiya, (5) Kaṃdiya, (6) Mahākaṃdiya, (7) Kuhaṃḍa and (8) Payaṃga are also eight types of this class of gods. All of these varieties have different lords (\*indras\*).¹ Jambhaga gods are also included in the Vāṇamamtara class.² - [Previous: v2.c8.s4.596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.596) - [Next: v2.c8.s4.598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.598) - [Up: v2.c8.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.597) · Pramāṇa