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## Second Chapter: Interval of Rebirth
**[139]** **Gotama!** The interval for a woman to be reborn as a woman is from a **muhūrta** in the lowest case to **infinite time** or **the time of a plant** in the highest case. / The interval for a woman to be reborn as a woman after death is from a **muhūrta** in the lowest case to **infinite time** or **the time of a plant** in the highest case. This is how the interval should be understood for all **Tiryachch-stries**.
**[49]** **Bhagavan!** How long is the interval for a woman to be reborn as a woman? (How long after a woman abandons her womanhood does she become a woman again?)
**Gotama!** The interval for a **human woman** is from a **muhūrta** in the lowest case to **infinite time** or **the time of a plant** in the highest case, depending on the **field**. / The interval for a **human woman** is from one **time** in the lowest case to **infinite time** or **until half the pudgala-paravartan** in the highest case, depending on **dharma-acharan**. / Similarly, the interval for **women in the eastern and western Videhas** should be understood in the same way.
**Bhagavan!** How long is the interval for a **woman in the Akarma-bhumi**?
**Gotama!** The interval for a **woman in the Akarma-bhumi** is from a **muhūrta** in the lowest case to **ten thousand years** in the highest case, depending on **birth**. / The interval for a **woman in the Akarma-bhumi** is from a **muhūrta** in the lowest case to **the time of a plant** in the highest case, depending on **death**. This is how the interval should be understood for all **women in the Antardvipas**. The interval for all **Deva-stries** is from a **muhūrta** in the lowest case to **the time of a plant** in the highest case.
**Discussion:** This sutra explains the interval. / The interval means the interruption of time. / The time it takes for a woman to abandon her womanhood and then regain it is called the interval for a woman. In general, the interval for a woman is from a **muhūrta** in the lowest case to **infinite time** or **the time of a plant** in the highest case. / The meaning is this: If a woman dies, abandons her womanhood, and experiences the **muhūrta** of a **male** or **neuter** state, and then dies again and is reborn as a woman, then the lowest interval is the **muhūrta**. The highest interval is **the time of a plant**. / **The time of a plant** is the time of countless **pudgala-paravartans**. / In this infinite time, countless **utsarpini** and **avasarpini** periods pass, countless **lokas** and countless **pudgala-paravartans** pass in the **field**. The time of these **pudgala-paravartans** is a fraction of the time of the **pravalika**. / For such a long time, the woman's womanhood is interrupted, and then she regains it. Similarly, the interval for **Tiryachch-stries**, **aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial women**, and **human women** should be understood.
**1.** "**Infinite utsarpini and avasarpini time, infinite lokas in the field, countless pudgala-paravartans**" - this is the **time of a plant**.