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Bhagavati Sutra Bk. 8 Ch. 9
उत्तर ३३३ – गोयमा ! सव्वबंधंतरं जहणणेणं एक्कं समयं उक्कीसेणं अनंत कालं - अनंताओ - जाव... आवलियाए असंखेज्जइभागो ।
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A. 333. Gautama ! For the whole, the minimum gap is a unit of time and the maximum is infinite time, infinite in terms of space, till innumerable portions of an avalikā. Likewise the bondage of a part.
प्रश्न ३३४ - वाउक्का इय वेउव्वियसरीर पुच्छा ?
Q. 334. And what is the position (i. e., time gap) in the case of the air bodies due to the formation of a fluid body?
उत्तर ३३४- गोयमा ! सव्त्रबंधंतरं जहणणेणं अंतोमुहुत्तं उक्कोसेणं पलिओ मस्त असंखेज्जइभागं । एवं देसबंधंतरं पि ।
A. 334. Gautama! For the time gap of the bondage of the whole, the minimum is less than a muhurta and the maximum is innumerable portions of a palyopama. Likewise the bondage of a part.
प्रश्न ३३५ – तिरिक्खजोणियपंचिंदिय वे उव्वियसरीरप्पओगबंधंतरं पुच्छा ?
Q. 335. And what is the position in the case of the fiveorgan animals due to the formation of a fluid body?
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उत्तर ३३५ – गोयमा ! सव्वबंधंतरं जहणेणं अंतोमुहुत्तं उक्कोसे जं पुव्वकोडिपुहुत्तं । एवं देसबंधंतरं पि । एवं मणुसस्स वि ।
A. 335. Gautama! For the time gap of the bondage of the whole, the minimum is less than a muhurta and the maximum is two to nine purvakoti years. Likewise the bondage of a part. The same holds good of human beings also.
प्रश्न ३३६ -- जीवस्स णं भंते ! वाउक्का इयत्ते गोवाउकाइयत्ते पुणरवि वाउक्काइयत्ते वाउक्काइयएगिंदियवेउब्विय पुच्छा ?
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