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GOMMATASARA.
तदुद्वितीयं कल्पानामसंख्येयानां च समयसंख्यसमम् । धुवहारेणावहृते भवति हि उत्कृष्टकं द्रव्यम् ॥ ४५४ ॥
454. (And) this second division being divided by the common ratio as many times as there are instants in innumerable Kalpas (of 20 crore x crore ságaras each) is the maximum subject matter (of complex mental knowledge).
गाउयपुधत्तमवरं उक्कस्सं होदि जोयणपुधत्तं ।
विउलमदिस्सय प्रवरं तस्स पुधत्तं वरं खु णरलोयं ॥ ४५५ ॥ गव्यूतिपृथक्त्वमवरमुत्कृष्टं भवति योजनपृथक्त्वम् । विपुलमतेश्च श्रवरं तस्य पृथक्त्वं वरं खलु नरलोकः ॥ ४५५ ।।
455. The minimum and maximum (spatial extent of simple mental knowledge, respectively ) is 2 or 3 (Prathaktva) Kosas, and 7 or 8 ( Prathaktva) Yojans. And the minimum and maximum of complex mental (knowledge) is respectively 8 or 9 (Prathaktva) Yojanas and the human region (21⁄2 continents).
गरलोएत्तिय वयणं विक्खंभणियामयं ण वहस्स । जह्मा तग्घणपदरं मणपज्जवखेत्तमुद्दिहं ॥ ४५६ ॥ नरलोक इति च वचनं विष्कम्भनियामकं न वृत्तस्य । यस्मात्तद्घनप्रतरं मनः पर्ययक्षेत्रमुद्दिष्टम् ॥ ४५६ ॥
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456. The phrase, human region indicates the (square of the, diameter and not the circumference, because the spatial extent of the mental knowledge is said to be cubic dimensions with a square base, ( but smaller height).
Commentary.
45 Lac
Yojans.
If a square is formed round the circle of the Mánoshuttara mountain, it will include four little corner-spaces beyond the human region, and mental knowledge knows also the matter in the mind of the celestial and sub-human beings in those corners.
दुगतिगभवा हु अवरं सत्तट्ठभवा हवंति उक्कस्सं । अडणवभवा हु भवरमसंखेनं विउलउक्कस्तं ॥ ४५७ ॥
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