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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Heavenly abodes (of the deities) were commonly depicted on the Saṃsāracakra paintings (representing scenes of heaven and hell), in ancient India, as mentioned in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Page 185.21 f.: Here follows a description of a printed scroll illustrating the Jaina conception of saṃsāracakra. [...] The saṃsāra-cakra illustrated the three worlds of hell, human world and the world of gods. [...] Then follows a description of the various hells depicted in the painting on cloth (p. 189.18-9). There is given also a description of the Svargaloka or the heavenly abode of Devī, Devakumāra and Indra seated in the Āsthāna or Saudharmasabhā (p. 189.32-3, p. 190.1-19).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Full-text (+56): Dyunivasa, Vimana, Tavatimsa, Vaikunthanatha, Vainkunth, Svargati, Saudharmasabha, Kantiruvam, Amaravati, Asthana, Vihara, Shakuntala, Bhagavat, Brahmottarakalpa, Kapishtha, Shukra, Brahmottara, Kapishthakalpa, Shukrakalpa, Shatarakalpa.
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