Vyantara

Vyantara is a Jain group of gods. The Vyantara form the second highest of the four classes of gods:

1. Bhavanavāsin
2. Vyantara
3. Jyotiṣka
4. Vaimānika

Eight groups are distinguished within the Vyantara, which differ in terms of lifespan, height and color. These groups are:

• Piśakas
• Bhutas
• Yakśas
• Rākśasas
• Kinnaras
• Kimpuruśas
• Mahoragas
• Gandharvas

swell

• Tattvartha Sutra 4.11 (E10; T156) ff
• Uttaradhyayana Sutra 36, 202ff. In: Hermann Jakobi : Gaina Sûtras. Part 2, The Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra. In: Max Müller (Ed.): Sacred Books of the East . Vol. 45. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1895, pp. 225f, digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dsacredbookseast17mulluoft~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn272~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D . (Reprint: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1995, ISBN 81-208-0146-6 )

literature

• Gerhard J. Bellinger : Knaurs Lexikon der Mythologie. Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-8289-4155-9 , p. 517.
• Karl H. Potter: Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Vol. IX: Buddhist philosophy from 350 to 600 AD Motilal Barnasidass, Delhi 2007, p. 55.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uttaradhyayana Sutra 36, ​​206