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which neither a single infernal being is born nor dies in all the infernal
worlds or the total number of beings remains constant is Ashunya kaal
period of existence of beings in the infernal world but also includes the
period of passage of infernal beings from hell to various genuses including plant-bodied beings, animals, humans and back to hell. Shunya kaal is said to be infinite times longer than Mishra kaal because infernal beings 卐 are reborn as plant-bodied beings whose life-span is infinite.
related to the infernal beings. (2) Shunya kaal-The period till all the
infernal beings existing at the present moment in all infernal worlds abandon the infernal realm; neither even a single being of this generation
is left there nor are they replaced by new beings, is called Shunya kaal.
(3) Mishra kaal-The period till one, two, three or more beings from among those living at present in all infernal worlds continue to die and leave the infernal world and just one being remains, is called Mishra kaal.
In other words it is the period starting from the moment one infernal being dies and up to the moment when just one being remains.
Comparison of the duration of three periods-Mishra kaal is said to be infinite times longer than Ashunya kaal because duration of Ashunya kaal is just twelve Muhurt whereas in context of passage to plant-bodied
beings Mishra kaal is infinite times more. Mishra kaal covers not only the
With reference to animals Ashunya kaal is minimum. The maximum
Ashunya kaal for sentient five sensed animals is 12 Muhurt. That for
卐 There is no Ashunya kaal with reference to five immobile beings because
two, three and four sensed beings as well as Sammurchhim Tiryanch
Panchendriya (five-sensed animals of asexual origin) is Antar-muhurt.
every moment innumerable beings continue to die and get reborn from
one form to another. (Vritti, leaves 47-48)
अन्तक्रिया - सम्बन्धी चर्चा ANTAKRIYA (THE ULTIMATE ACTIVITY)
१८. [ प्र. ] जीवे णं भंते ! अंतकिरियं करेज्जा ?
[उ. ] गोयमा ! अत्थेगतिए करेज्जा, अत्थेगतिए नो करेज्जा । अंतकिरियापदं नेयव्वं ।
१८. [ प्र. ] हे भगवन् ! क्या जीव अन्तक्रिया करता है ?
[उ.] गौतम ! कोई जीव अन्तक्रिया करता है, कोई जीव नहीं करता। इस सम्बन्ध में प्रज्ञापनासूत्र का अन्तक्रियापद (२०वाँ पद) जान लेना चाहिए।
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