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maximum and minimum limits of their life-durations. Hence these two limits of their life-durations are included in the table.
From the table it becomes clear that life-duration of females is shorter than that of males as also that the life-duration of infernal and celestial beings is lengthier than that of the human and sub-human beings. Among one-sensed beings the fire-bodied ones have the shortest life-duration. This fact could be corroborated by our experience of the fire getting extinguished. Again, among the one-sensed beings, the earthbodied are possessed of the lengthiest life-duration. But we do not know the reason behind the view that the life-duration of the three-sensed beings is shorter than that of the two-sensed beings. Moreover, the life-duration of the four-sensed beings is lengthier than that of the three-sensed but shorter than that of the two-sensed ones. This has also remained a mystery for us.
Classes of living beings
Minimum
1. Infernal beings (335) 10 thousand
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2. (a) God (343)
(1) Ratnaprabha (336)
(2) Sarkaraprabha (337) 1 Sāgaropama
3
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(3) Valukaprabha (338) (4) Pankaprabha (339) (5) Dhumaprabha (340) 10 (6) Tamaḥprabha (341) 17 (7) Adhaḥsaptama (342) 22
(b) Goddess (344)
(1) Bhavanavāsī gods (345)
23
1
3
7
10
17
22
33
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10 thousand years 33 sägaropama 55 palyopama somewhat more than one sagaropama 41⁄2 palyopama
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[For Asurakumara and others refer to the original text] 3. Earth-bodied (354)
Antarmuhürta
(1) sükṣma earth-bodied (355)* (2) badara
22,000 years Antarmuhurta 22,000 years
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2. The maximum life-span possible in the 1st hell is identical with the minimum life-span possible in the 2nd hell, the maximum life-span possible in the 2nd hell is identical with the minimum life-span possible in the 3rd hell, and so on and so forth. This is deduced from the above Table.
3. Su. 347-353 contain the account of the life-span of the gods and goddesses of ten different divisions of Bhavanapati celestial beings.
4. Su. 358, 361, 364, 367 contain the account of the life-span of subtle waterbodied, fire-bodied, air-bodied and plant beings,
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| SR No. | 001064 |
| Book Title | Agam 15 Upang 04 Pragnapana Sutra Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | Shyamacharya |
| Author | Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak |
| Publisher | Mahavir Jain Vidyalay |
| Publication Year | 1971 |
| Total Pages | 934 |
| Language | Prakrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Metaphysics, & agam_pragyapana |
| File Size | 16 MB |