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Ānata

आनत

Kalpa heaven 9, where the longest life runs to 19 sāgaropama.

The 9th of the twelve kalpa heavens. Its gods live at most 19 sāgaropama, it holds 400 with Prāṇata vimānas, and its Indra is Prāṇata.

Nothing is seen or heard. A thought is enough, and it is the last stage before desire stops entirely. The scheme is called pravīcāra, and it is the real measure of these tiers: as you rise, the mode of satisfaction grows thinner, until above Acyuta it stops altogether and the The nine Graiveyaka gods have none at all.

This kalpa and the one above it share a single Indra and a single tally of vimānas. That is why the twelve kalpas have ten Indras between them, and why the Śvetāmbara count of sixty-four Indras in the universe gives only ten to the whole of Ūrdhva Loka.

02468101214rajjuSiddhaśilāno lifespanSarvārthasiddhi · centre33 sāgar.Vijaya · east31–33 sāgar.Vaijayanta · south31–33 sāgar.Jayanta · west31–33 sāgar.Aparājita · north31–33 sāgar.Upper Graiveyaka × 329–31 sāgar.Middle Graiveyaka × 326–28 sāgar.Lower Graiveyaka × 323–25 sāgar.12 Acyuta22 sāgar.11 Āraṇa21 sāgar.10 Prāṇata20 sāgar.9 Ānata19 sāgar.8 Sahasrāra18 sāgar.7 Mahāśukra17 sāgar.6 Lāntaka14 sāgar.5 Brahmaloka10 sāgar.4 Māhendra› 7 sāgar.3 Sanatkumāra7 sāgar.2 Īśāna› 2 sāgar.1 Saudharma2 sāgar.Madhya Lokahumans live hereBhavanavāsī and Vyantara› 1 sāgar.1 Ratnaprabhā1 sāgar.2 Śarkarāprabhā3 sāgar.3 Vālukāprabhā7 sāgar.4 Paṅkaprabhā10 sāgar.5 Dhūmaprabhā17 sāgar.6 Tamaḥprabhā22 sāgar.7 Mahātamaḥprabhā33 sāgar.longest lifeevery storey, top to bottom · click any rowyou are here
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Measurements and counts

Position9th kalpa
IndraPrāṇata, shared with Prāṇata
Longest life19 sāgaropama
Abodes400 with Prāṇata
Contact bythought alone

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10