XXII. Neminâtha or Arishṭanemi: (1) Aparâjita; (2) Sauripura
(Prákrit—Soriyapura) and Ujjinta or Mount Girnâr; (3) Samudravijaya by
Śivâdevi; (4) black—_śyâma_; (5) a conch,—_śaṅkha_;
(6) 10 poles; (7) 1000 years; (8) the Veṭasa; (9) Gomedha and Ambikâ:
with the Digambaras, Sarvâhṇa and Kûshmâṇḍinî; (10) Varadatta and
Yakshadinnâ.
XXIII. Pârśvanâtha: (1) Prâṇatadevaloka; (2) Varâṇasî and
Sameta-Śikhara; (3) Aśvasenarâja by Vâmâdevî; (4) blue—_nîla_;
(5) a serpent—_sarpa_; (6) 9 hands; (7) 100 years; (8) the Dhâtakî
or Grislea tomentosa; (9) Pârśvayaksha or Dharaṇendra and Padmâvatî;
(10) Âryadinna and Pushpachûḍâ.
XXIV. Śri-Mahâvîra, Vardhamâna or Vîra, the Śramaṇa:
(1) Prâṇ atadevaloka; (2) Kuṇḍagrâma or Chitrakûṭa, and
Ṛijupâlukâ; (3) Siddhârtharâja, Śreyânśa or Yaśasvin by
Triśalâ Vidchadinnâ or Priyakâriṇî; (4) yellow; (5) a
lion—_keśarî-simha_; (6) 7 hands or cubits; (7) 72 years; (8) the
_śala_ or teak tree; (9) Mâtaṁga and Siddhâyikâ;
(10) Indrabhûti and Chandrabâlâ.
The Tirthakuras may be regarded as the _dii majores_ of the Jainas,
[Footnote: For an account of the ritual of the Svetâmbara sect of Jainas,
see my account in the _Indian Antiquary_, vol. XIII, pp. 191-196.]
though, having become Siddhas, emancipated from all concern, they can have
no interest in mundane affairs. They and such beings as are supposed to
have reached perfection are divided into fifteen species:
1. Tîrthakarasiddhas;
2. Atîrthakarasiddhas;
3. Tîrthasiddhas;
4. Svaliṅgasiddas;
5. Anyaliṅgasiddhas;
6. Striliṅgasiddhas;
7. Purushaliṅgasiddhas;
8. Napuṁsakaliṅgasiddhas;
9. Gṛihaliṅgasiddhas;
10. Tîrthavyavachchhedasiddhas;
11. Pratyekabuddhasiddhas;
12. Svayambuddhasiddhas;
13. Ekasiddas;
14. Anekasiddhas;
15. Buddhabodhietasiddllas.
[Footnote: _Jour. Asiat_. IXme Ser. tom. XIX, p. 260.]
But the gods are divided into four classes, and each class into several
orders: the four classes are:—
I. Bhavanâdhipatis, Bhavanavâsins or Bhaumeyikas, of which there are ten
orders, viz.—
1. Asurakumâras;
2. Nâgakumâras;
3. Taḍitkumâras or Vidyutkumâras;
4. Suvarṇa- or Suparnaka-kumâras;
5. Agnikumâras;
6. Dvîpakumâras (Dîvakumâras);
7. Udadhikumâras;
8. Dikkumâras;
9. Pavana- or Vâta-kumâras;
10. Ghaṇika- or Sanitakumâras.
II. Vyantaras or Vâṇamantaras, who live
in woods are of eight classes:—
1. Piśâchas;
2. Bhûtas;
3. Yakshas;
4. Râkshasas;
5. Kimnaras;
6. Kimpurushas;
7. Mahoragas;
8. Gandharvas.
III. The Jyotishkas are the inhabitants of;
1. Chandras or the moons;
2. Sûryas or the suns;
3. Grahas or the planets;
4. Nakshatras or the constellations;
5. Târâs or the hosts of stars.
And IV. The Vaimânika gods are of two orders: (1) the Kalpabhavas, who
are born in the heavenly Kalpas; and (2) the Kalpâtîtas, born in the
regions above the Kalpas.
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