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and acquiring of five kinds of right knowledge including mati-jnana (sensory knowledge) is not possible without knowing (knowledge) and then abandoning (ascetic conduct). All this can only be accomplished 455 by first knowing the two sthaans (all the pairs mentioned here) and then abandoning them. Second lesson contains description of gati (incarnation) and agati (present incarnation) of beings of all the twenty four dandaks (places of suffering) along with the details of their karmic bondage and resultant sufferings during the present and other births. In the third lesson are mentioned two kinds of sound and their origin besides details about two kinds of pudgala (matter) divided on the basis of the processes of combination, disintegration, decay, fall and destruction of matter-particles. Thereafter information about conduct and its categories and sub-categories is compiled. This includes two divisions each of twelve pratimas (special codes and resolutions). After this two kinds of life-span inclusive of duration of body and specific birth is described. Other information compiled in pairs includekarmas, beings with long and short life-span, description of Jambu continent (its areas, mountains, caves, peaks, oceans, rivers and other geographical features), and description of divine beings (two super lords each of abode dwelling, interstitial, stellar and kalp-dwelling gods as also details about celestial vehicle based gods). The fourth lesson contains information about Samaya, Avalika, Utsarpini-Avasarpini and all the other divisions of time; village, city, capital and all other areas of human habitations, and other areas including gardens, forests, wells, rivers etc. This is followed by hell and dwellings in hell, celestial vehicles and dwellings thereof and all other things stationed in the occupied space in their sentient and nonsentient forms. After this comes description of two kinds each of bondage, bondage from places of suffering, fruition of kermas through suffering, suffering of pain and shedding of karmas. In the segment of conceptual time are listed units like Palyopam and Sagaropam. Then comes the two divisions of beings on the basis of selfinstigated and other-instigated sins including anger and conceit. Stated in the end is the living and non-living form of the occupied space with reference to acquisition of karma particles having a dimension and occupation of two space-points for two Samayas and having two attributes each of appearance, taste, smell etc.
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