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[ 240 ] (a) Where the pratisandhi ( alaalau ) takes place... (b) Varieties of pratisandhi. (c) Pratisandhi of what and by what ? (d) The method of pratisandhi. Therefore we have to study --- (a) Four kinds of bhūmi (b) Four kinds of pratisandhi ( afgafar ) (c) Four kinds of Karma (d) Four kinds of origin of death.
Four bhūmis are thus counted from the lowest. The four bhūmis are from the lowest - 1. Apāya (4) - Niraya (fara ), Tiryaka (fasci) Preta
(ga) Asura ( 3497 ). II. Kamasugati (7)-Mánuşyalokabhumi, the bhūmi of
caturmahārājika, the bhūmi of Trayastrimsaka, the bhūmi of Bhramā, the bhumi of Tușita, the bhūmi of
nirmāparati, the bhūmi of Paranirmitavaśavarti. III. Rupa bhumi2_The bhūmi of first dhyāna (meditation)
Brahmaparişad, Brahmapurohita, Mahābrahma. Second dhyānabhūmi (3)-1. Paritābha 2. Sapramaņābha 3. Abhaswara;
Third dhyanabhumi 1). Paritaśuhha 2). Apramāņaśubha 3). Subhākīrņa.
Fourth Dhyānabhumi-Brhatphala
Fifth Dhyānabhūmi –śuddhābhasa 1. Avrhā, Atattva, Sudarśana, Sudarsí, Aklista.. .
Ārūpa 1. Ākāšānantāyatona 2. Vijñānanantāyatana. 3. Akiñcanāyatana 4. Naivasamghanāsamghayatana.
1. Pratisandhi takes place in four bhūmis. The place of pratisandhi being
in these four bhūmnis is given at P-163 of Abhidharmartha Saragraha. 2. Abhidharmartha Samgraha, V.
