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¹ The subdivisions of the Kāmāvacara beings are as follows:—
(a) Beings of Niraya, Tiracchānayoni, Petaloka, Asurabhavana and Manussaloka.
(b) The gods of Cātummahārājikadevaloka, Tāvatiṃsabhavana, Nimmāṇaratidevaloka and Paranimmitavasattidevaloka. Those of the Rūpāvacara gods are: Brahmapārisajjadevas, Brahmapurohitadevas etc. up to Akaniṭṭhadevas. Those of the Arūpāvacara gods are: (a) Ākāsānañcāyatana, (b) Viññāṇanañcāyatana, (c) Ākiñcaññāyatana and (d) Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana. For further details see McGovern, Manual of Buddhist Philosophy, pp. 49-50, 60-70; Abhidharmakośa, ch. III, cf. also ‘Satta Viññāṇatthitiyo’ in Dīgha, II, p. 68-69. For Nāgārjuna’s refutation of the Asāśvatavāda (=Ucchedavāda), see ante, p. 57.