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[114]
The **Sapta-Saptamika Bhikṣu-Pratima** is honored for seventy-seven days with one hundred and ninety-six **Bhikṣās** according to the **Sūtra** and the **Mārga** [according to the **Kalpa**, according to the **Tattva**, properly with the body, touching, protecting, purifying, crossing, **Kīrban** making, obeying the command, following].
_Explanation: The **Sapta-Saptamika Bhikṣu-Pratima** is the special **Abhigṛha** that is honored for seven weeks of seven days each. The method of its performance has been described by the Sanskrit commentator in two ways. According to the first method, in the first week, there are twenty-eight **Bhikṣās** with an increase of one **Bhikṣā** each day. Similarly, in the second and subsequent weeks, there are one hundred and ninety-six **Bhikṣās** with an increase of one **Bhikṣā** each day. Or, in the first week, one **Bhikṣā** is taken each day. In the second week, two **Bhikṣās** are taken each day. In this way, with an increase of one **Bhikṣā** each week, the total number of **Bhikṣās** for all seven weeks becomes one hundred and ninety-six (7+14+21+28+35+42+49=196)._
[275]
In **Deva-Kuru** and **Uttara-Kuru**, humans attain full youth in forty-nine days and nights.
[276]
The **Tridriya** beings are said to have a lifespan of forty-nine days and nights.
_End of the **Ekonapancāśat-Sthānaka-Samvāya**._
[277]
There were fifty thousand **Āryikās** in the **Sangha** of **Muni-Suvrat** **Arhat**. **Ananta-Nātha** **Arhat** was fifty **dhanus** tall. **Purusa-Uttama** **Vasudeva** was fifty **dhanus** tall.
[278]
All the **Dīrgh-Vaidḍha** mountains are said to be fifty **yojanas** in diameter at their base.