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Bhagavati Satra Bk. 9 Ch. 32
गांगेय-संतरं भंते ! असुरकुमारा उववज्जति णिरंतरं असुरकुमारा उववज्जंति ?
Gängeya ---Bhante ! Are the Asurakumāras born with, or without, a time-gap?
महावीर-गंगेया ! संतरं पि असुरकुमारा उववज्जति णिरंतरं पि असुरकुमारा उववज्जंति । एवं जाव...थणियकुमारा।
Mahavira-Gangeya ! They are born with a time-gap, as well as without, and like this, till the Stanitkumāras.
गांगेय-संतरं भंते ! पुढविक्काइया उववज्जति णिरंतरं पुढविक्काइया उववज्जति ?
Gangeya-Bhante ! Are the earth bodies born with, or without, a time-gap ?
महावीर-गंगेया ! णो संतरं पुढविक्काइया उववज्जति णिरंतरं पुढविक्काइया उववज्जति। एवं जाव...वणस्सइकाइया। बेइंदिया जाव... वेमाणिया एए जहा णेरइया।
Mahāvira-Gangeya | They are born, not with a time-gap, but without, and like this, till plants. Two-organ beings, till the Vaimānikas, are like the infernal beings.
गांगेय-संतरं भंते !
रइया उब्वट्टति णिरंतरं णेरइया उव्वट्टति ?
Gangeya--Bhante ! Do the infernal beings die with, or with out, a time-gap?
महावीर-गंगेया ! संतरं पि रइया उव्वट्ट ति णिरंतरं पि णेरइया उव्वदति। एवं जाव...थणियकुमारा।
___Mahāvira-Gangeya ! They die with a time-gap, as well as without, and like this, till the Stanitkumāras.
