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THE SPIRITUAL BEINGS LIVING ON THE SEVEN     Page 114.
EARTHS ACCORDING TO THE VAYU-PURANA.

Of the Danavas—Namuci, Sankukarna, Kabandha (?), Nishku-
kada (?), Sliladanta, Lohita, Kalinga, Svapada ; and the master of
the serpents—Dhananjaya, Kaiiya.

Of the Daityas—Surakshas, Mahjtjambha, Hayagriva, Krishna,
Janarta (?), Sankhakhsha, Gomukha; and of the Rakshasa—
Nila, Megha, Krathanaka, Mahoshnisha, Kambala, Asvatara,
Takshaka.

Of the Danavas—Rada (?), Anuhiada, Agnimukha, TarakAksha,
Trisira, Si.sumdra; and of the Rakshasa—Cyavana, Nanda, Visala.
And there are many cities in this world.

Of the Daityas—Kalanemi, Gajakarna, Ufijara (?); and of the
Rakshasa—Sumali, Munja, Vrikavaktra, and the large birds called
Garuda.

Of the Daityas—Virocana, Jayanta (?), Agnijihva, Hiranyaksha ;
and of the Rakshasa—Vidyujjihva, Mahamegha; the serpent
Karma,ra, Svastikajaya.

Of the Daityas—Kesari ; and of the Rakshasa—tJrdhvakuja (?),
Satasirsha, i.e. having a hundred heads, a friend of Indra; Vasuki,
a serpent.

The king Bali ; and of the Daitya Mucukunda. In this world
there are many houses for the RS,kshasa, and Vishnu resides there,
and Sesha, the master of the serpents.

After the earths follow the heavens,  consisting of onthe
seven stories, one above the other.    They are called heavens.
loka, which   means   " gather ing-p)lace."     In   a   similar from''^'°"^
manner  also the   Greeks   considered  the heavens as orammati-
gathering-places.    So Johannes Grammaticus says in andAris°'
 

his refutation of Proclus : "Some philosophers thought
that the sphere called yaXa^tas, i.e. milk, by which
they mean the milky way, is a dwelling-place for
rational souls." The poet Homer says: " Thou hast
made the pure heaven an eternal dwelling-place for the
gods. The winds do not shake it, the rains do not
wet it, and the snow does not destroy it. For in it there
is resplendent clearness without any covering cloud."

Plato says : " God spoke to the seven planets : You
are the gods of the gods, and I am the father of the
actions; I am he who made you so that no dissolution
 

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