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In the Harivamsha Purana, a koti-koti (hundred million) of udharapalyas (units of time) are equal to a udharasagar (ocean of time). Half of three udharasagars is the measure of a dvipasagar (island ocean). ||51|| The distance (adhya) of a dvipasagar, when doubled, becomes the measure of a rajju (rope). This rajju touches the ends of the tanuvatavalyas (thin rings) in both directions. Wise people use this to calculate the measure of the three lokas (worlds). ||52||
An udharapalya is divided into countless crores (ten million) of years, each year being the time it takes for a single hair to be removed from a pit. This is called an addhapalya. The time it takes to empty the pit by removing one hair at a time is called an addhapalyopama kal (time equivalent to an addhapalya). This is used to measure the lifespan of beings. ||53-54||
Ten koti-koti addhapalya make up an addhasagar. This is used to measure the lifespan, karma, and state of existence of beings in the samsara (cycle of birth and death). ||55||
There are ten koti-koti addhasagars in an avasarpini (descending) kal and the same number in an utsarpini (ascending) kal. Each of these has six divisions. ||56||
The avasarpini kal is characterized by a gradual decrease in the power of things, while the utsarpini kal is characterized by a gradual increase. These names are meaningful. ||57||
The six divisions of the avasarpini kal are: 1) Sushamasushamas, 2) Sushama, 3) Sushamadushmas, 4) Dushmasushamas, 5) Dushmas, and 6) Dushmadushmas. The six divisions of the utsarpini kal are the reverse of these: 1) Dushmadushmas, 2) Dushmas, 3) Sushamadushmas, 4) Dushmasushamas, 5) Sushama, and 6) Sushamasushamas. ||58-59||
The measure of the first three kals (periods) is: four koti-koti sagars, three koti-koti sagars, and two koti-koti sagars respectively. ||60||
The measure of the fourth kal is one koti-koti sagars minus forty-two thousand years. The measure of the fifth and sixth kals is twenty-one thousand years each. ||61-62||
Just as there is an avasarpini kal of ten koti-koti sagars, there is also an utsarpini kal of ten koti-koti sagars. Both the avasarpini and utsarpini...
1. Darshteshām k.
2. Dvipasagarpramanam.
3. Dvipasarāṇām ekasmin dishi maryādāmargha adhya kathyate.
4. Nishpadyante m., g., ṅ., k.
5. Dvachatvarinshadvarshasahasrāni vibhakkāni dvidhākrītāni arthāt ekavimshati
varshasahasrāni.
6. Utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇyo.