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## Diverse Subject Elucidation
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The extent of **avagahana** (the range of rebirth) should be known. The **avagahana** of a hell-being is said to be a thousand yojanas, which is more severe than death. This is because a hell-being, upon death, breaks through the wall of the thousand-yojana wide **paatal kalash** (hell) and is reborn as a fish. A hell-being from the seventh hell, upon death, can be reborn as a fish in the **lavan samudra** (salt sea) and above. It can also be reborn as a fish in the **tirchak** (transverse) **svayambhuramna samudra** (self-illuminated ocean) and above in the **pandak vana** (lotus forest) pond. A human being, upon death, can be reborn in all realms up to the **lokanta** (end of the world). Therefore, the **avagahana** of their **taijas** (luminous) and **karman** (karmic) bodies should be known to be that long. The **avagahana** of the **bhavanvaasi** (dwellers in mansions), **vyantar** (intermediate), **jyotishi** (astronomers), and **soudharma** (heavenly beings of the **ishan** kalpa) is said to be an infinitesimal part of an angul (finger). This is because these deities, upon death, can be reborn as one-sensed earth-bodied beings in their own **vimanas** (celestial vehicles). Their **avagahana** should be known to extend downwards to the third earth, transversely to the outer **vedika** (platform) of the **svayambhuramna samudra**, and upwards to the end of the **ishtapraagbaar** (slightly forward) earth. The **avagahana** of the **taijas** and **karman** bodies of the deities from the **sanatkumar** kalpa to the **sahasrar** kalpa is said to be an infinitesimal part of an angul. This is because these deities, upon death while bathing in the ponds of the **pandak vana** and other places, are reborn as fish there. Their **avagahana** should be known to extend downwards to the second third of the **mahapaatal kalash** (great hell). This is because they can be reborn as fish there due to the presence of water. Their **avagahana** should be known to extend transversely to the end of the **svayambhuramna samudra**. Their **avagahana** is said to extend upwards to the **achyut** heaven. This is because the deities of the **sanatkumar** and other heavens can go to the **achyut** heaven with the help of a **sangatik** (companion) deity and, upon the completion of their lifespan, can die there and be reborn in the **madhyaloka** (middle world). The **avagahana** of the deities of the **anant** and other four heavens is said to be an infinitesimal part of an angul. This is because if a deity from there comes to the **madhyaloka** and dies here, they can be reborn in the womb of a human woman here. The **avagahana** of the aforementioned deities should be known to extend downwards to the human realm. This is because the deities of the last four heavens are reborn as humans upon death. The **avagahana** of the **graiveyak** (heavenly beings who carry burdens) and **anuttarvimanovaasi** (dwellers in the highest celestial vehicles) deities should be known to extend to the **vidyadhar** (celestial beings) range of the **vijayardha** mountain. Their **avagahana** is said to extend downwards to the villages of the **adholoka** (lower world), transversely to the human realm, and upwards to their own **vimanas**.
605 - "How many types of **avadhijnana** (knowledge of the range of rebirth) are there, sir?"
"There are two types of **avadhijnana** - **bhavapacchai** (knowledge of the cycle of birth and death) and **kshayopasamik** (knowledge of the cessation of karma). This is how the entire **avadhijnana** section of the **Prajnapanasutra** should be understood."
**Discussion** - The **avadhijnana** that the sutrakar (author of the sutra) has instructed us to know is as follows: **avadhijnana** is described through ten doors: its types, subject, location, internal, external, **deshavadhi** (knowledge of the range of space), growth, decline, **pratipati** (acceptance), and **apratipati** (non-acceptance). The sutrakar has mentioned two types of **avadhijnana**. Of these, **bhavapacchai avadhijnana** is experienced by deities and hell-beings, while **kshayopasamik** - **gunapacchai avadhijnana** (knowledge of the cessation of karma) is experienced by humans and animals.