kinds: those living in the Karmabhumi , those living in the Akarmabhumi, and those living on the minor continents . (195)

They have, in the same order, fifteen , thirty , and twenty-eight subdivisions. These are the numbers handed down. (196)

Men originating by generatio aequivoca are of as many kinds. They all live but in a part of the world. (197)

Verses 198-202 = 183-186. (Substitute, 'men' for 'terrestrial animals.')

d. Gods are of four kinds; listen to my description of them: 1. Bhaumeyikas; 2. Vyantaras; 3. Gyotishkas; 4. Vaimanikas. (203)

There are ten kinds of Bhavanavasins ( = Bhaumeyikas), eight of those who live in woods ( = Vyantaras), five of Gyotishkas, and two of Vaimanikas. (204)

1. The Bhavanavasins are: the Asura-, Naga-, Suvarna-, Vidyut-, Agni-, Dvipa-, Udadhi-, Vata-, and Ghanika-(Kumaras ). (2(15)

2. The eight kinds of Vyantaras are: Pisakas,

[paragraph continues] Bhutas, Yakshas, Rakshasas, Kinnaras, Kimpurushas, Mahoragas, and Gandharvas. (206)

3. The moons, the suns, the Nakshatras, the planets, and the hosts of stars are the fivefold dwellings of the Gyotishkas. (207)

4. The Vaimanika gods are of two kinds: a'. those who are born in the heavenly Kalpas, and b'. those who are born in the regions above them . (208)

a'. The former are of twelve kinds: those who live in (the following Kalpas, after which they are named): Saudharma, Isana, Sanatkumara, Mahendra, Brahmaloka, and Lantaka; (209)

Mahasukla, Sahasrara, Anata, Pranata , Arana, and Akyuta. These are the gods who are born in Kalpas. (210)

b'. The gods who are born in the regions above the Kalpas are of two kinds: a'. the Graiveyakas , and b'. the Anuttaras . The Graiveyakas are of nine kinds. (211)

a'. The lowest of the lowest, the middle of the lowest, the highest of the lowest, the lowest of the middle; (212)

The middle of the middle, the highest of the middle, the lowest of the highest, the middle of the highest; (213)

The highest of the highest. These are the Graiveyaka gods.

b'. The Vigayas, the Vaigayantas, the Gayantas, the Aparagitas (214)

And the Sarvarthasiddhas: these are the five kinds of Anuttara gods.

These and others besides are the many kinds of Vaimanika gods. (215-217 = 159-160)

The longest duration of the life of the Bhaumeyika gods is somewhat more than a Sagaropama, the smallest ten thousand years. (218)

The longest duration of the life of the Vyantaras is one Palyopama, the shortest is ten thousand years. (219)

The longest duration of the life of the Gyotishkas is one Palyopama plus one hundred thousand years, the shortest is the eighth part of a Palyopama. (220)

The longest duration of life in the Saudharmakalpa is two Sagaropamas, the shortest is one Palyopama. (221)