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[Sixteen-Place-Assembly]
[49. The Jiva who will become a Siddha, who will become a Buddha, who will be liberated from karma, who will attain Nirvana, who will end all suffering, will be born in the fifteen Bhava-grahana.
In the Maha-Shukra Kalpa, the state of many Devas is said to be like fifteen oceans. There, the Devas who are born in the form of Devas in the special Vimanas called Nand, Sunand, Nandavart, Nandprabha, Nandkant, Nandvarna, Nandleshya, Nanddhvaj, Nandshrung, Nandsrusht, Nandkut and Nandottaravatsank, their excellent state is said to be like fifteen oceans. Those Devas breathe in and out after fifteen half-months (seven and a half months). Those Devas feel the desire for food after fifteen thousand years.
There are many Bhavyasiddhikas who will become Siddhas by taking fifteen Bhava-grahana, who will become Buddhas, who will be liberated from karma, who will attain Nirvana and who will end all suffering.
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Sixteen-Place-Assembly 110-Sixteen Gatha-Sixteenth Chapter, as follows-1 Time, 2 Vaitaliya, 3 Upsarga Parijna, 4 Striparijna, 5 Narakvibhakti, 6 Mahavirastuti, 7 Kusilparibhasit, 8 Virya, 9 Dharma, 10 Samadhi, 11 Marg, 12 Samovasaran, 13 Yathathatya, 14 Granth, 15 Yamakiya and 16 Sixteenth Gatha.
Sixteen Gathas-Sixteen Chapters have been mentioned. For example-1 Time, 2 Vaitaliya, 3 Upsarga Parijna, 4 Striparijna, 5 Narakvibhakti, 6 Mahavirastuti, 7 Kusilparibhasit, 8 Virya, 9 Dharma, 10 Samadhi, 11 Marg, 12 Samovasaran, 13 Yathathatya, 14 Granth, 15 Yamakiya and 16 Sixteenth Gatha.
Discussion-In the first Shruta-Skandha of the Sutra-Kritanga Sutra, there are sixteen studies named 'Time' etc., hence they are famous as 'Gatha-Shodashak'. The first study deals with the times (principles or doctrines) of the non-believers etc. The second study is composed in Vaitaliya verses. Hence it is called Vaitaliya. Similarly, one should know the statement of the remaining studies. In the Samovasaran study, three hundred and sixty-three doctrines have been described collectively. The sixteenth study is called Gatha because it sings the meaning of the aforementioned fifteen studies.
111-Sixteen Kasaya have been mentioned, as follows-Anantanubandhi Krodha, Anantanubandhi Mana, Anantanubandhi Maya, Anantanubandhi Lobha; Apratyakhyanakasaya Krodha, Apratyakhyanakasaya Mana, Apratyakhyanakasaya Maya, Apratyakhyanakasaya Lobha; Pratyakhyanavaran Krodha, Pratyakhyanavaran Mana, Pratyakhyanavaran Maya.