Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s5.1928

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1. Sūra ( Sūrya ) A lord of the Joisiya gods.¹ He is under Logapāla Soma² of Sakka(3). He resides in the celestial palace named Sūravaḍeṃsaa.³ He has four principal wives: Surappabhā(1), Āyavābhā, Accimālī(1) and Pabhaṃkarā(2).⁴ He has his own sāmāṇiya gods etc.⁵ His family consists of twenty-eight Nakkhatta(1) (constellations), eighty-eight Gahas (planets) and 66975 koṭākoṭi Tārā(3)s (stars).⁶ His territory is situated eight hundred yojanas above this earth.⁷ He descended at Kosambī and paid homage to Mahāvīra.⁸ In his previous birth he was merchant Supatiṭṭha(3) of Sāvatthī. He had then renounced the world and practised asceticism under Pāsa(1).⁹ There are two Sūras over Jambuddīva, four over Lavaṇasamudda, twelve over Dhāyaisaṃḍa, forty-two over Kālodahi and seventy-two over the first half of Pukkharavaradīva.¹⁰ The path of Sūra in the sky is called sūrama-ṃdala. Such maṃdalas are eighty-four in number.¹¹