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Saudharma

सौधर्म

The lowest heaven, beginning just above Meru's summit, and the home of Śakra.

The 1st of the twelve kalpa heavens. Its gods live at most 2 sāgaropama, it holds 32,00,000 vimānas, and its Indra is Śakra.

Gods of the two lowest kalpas still have physical union, as humans do. 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.

Śakra, the Indra of this lowest heaven, is the god whose throne shakes at the birth of a Tīrthaṅkara and who carries the infant to Meru's summit for the consecration. The most active god in the tradition rules its bottom tier.

1 Saudharma32,00,000 vimānas · 2 sāgar.2 Īśāna28,00,000 vimānas · › 2 sāgar.3 Sanatkumāra12,00,000 vimānas · 7 sāgar.4 Māhendra8,00,000 vimānas · › 7 sāgar.5 Brahmaloka4,00,000 vimānas · 10 sāgar.6 Lāntaka50,000 vimānas · 14 sāgar.7 Mahāśukra40,000 vimānas · 17 sāgar.8 Sahasrāra6,000 vimānas · 18 sāgar.9 Ānata400 vimānas · 19 sāgar.10 Prāṇatashared · 20 sāgar.11 Āraṇa300 vimānas · 21 sāgar.12 Acyutashared · 22 sāgar.Upper Graiveyaka100 vimānas · 29–31 sāgar.Middle Graiveyaka107 vimānas · 26–28 sāgar.Lower Graiveyaka111 vimānas · 23–25 sāgar.five Anuttara31–33 sāgar.Siddhaśilā45,00,000 yojana across · 8 thick at the centre12 yojana above the Anuttarathe five Anuttara, in planSarvārthasiddhiVijayaVaijayantaJayantaAparājitayou are hereSNtrasanāḍī · 1 rajju7891011121314rajjuThe twenty-six tiers, in sectionsouth to the left, north to the righttwins share a level, an Indra and a tally of vimānasheights follow the plan: a third of a rajju to a kalpa2612 + 9 + 5 · 84,97,023 vimānas
The twenty-six tiers, in section — Saudharma highlighted

Measurements and counts

Position1st kalpa
IndraŚakra
Longest life2 sāgaropama
Abodes32,00,000
Contact bybodily union

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10