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**The Fivefold Classification and the Fourfold Attainment**
**[119 208. **
**"O Bhagavan! How long does an *ekaindriya* (one-sensed being) remain in its form?"**
**"Gautama! It remains from the lowest *antarmūhurta* (a very short period of time) to the highest *vanaspatikāla* (the time it takes for a plant to grow)."**
**"O Bhagavan! How long does a *dvaindriya* (two-sensed being) remain in its form?"**
**"Gautama! It remains from the lowest *antarmūhurta* to the highest *saṅkhyātakāla* (a period of time that can be counted), and so does a *caturaindriya* (four-sensed being)."**
**"O Bhagavan! How long does a *pañcendriya* (five-sensed being) remain in its form?"**
**"Gautama! It remains from the lowest *antarmūhurta* to the highest *sāgaropamasahasra* (a thousand *sāgaropamas*, a period of time equal to the time it takes for a drop of water to evaporate from the ocean) plus a little more."**
**"O Bhagavan! How long does an *aparyāpta ekaindriya* (an incomplete one-sensed being) remain in its form?"**
**"Gautama! It remains from the lowest *antarmūhurta* to the highest *antarmūhurta*, and so does an *aparyāpta pañcendriya* (an incomplete five-sensed being)."**
**"O Bhagavan! How long does a *paryāpta ekaindriya* (a complete one-sensed being) remain in its form?"**
**"Gautama! It remains from the lowest *antarmūhurta* to the highest *saṅkhyāta vāssahasra* (a thousand years that can be counted)."**
**"And so does a *dvaindriya* (two-sensed being), except that here we should say *saṅkhyāta vāssa* (counted years)."**
**"O Bhagavan! How long does a *triindriya* (three-sensed being) remain in its form?"**
**"It remains for a *saṅkhyāta rātri-dina* (a counted number of nights and days)."**
**"O Bhagavan! How long does a *caturaindriya* (four-sensed being) remain in its form?"**
**"It remains for a *saṅkhyāta māsa* (a counted number of months)."**
**"O Bhagavan! How long does a *paryāpta pañcendriya* (a complete five-sensed being) remain in its form?"**
**"It remains for a *sāgaropamasahasra* (a thousand *sāgaropamas*) plus a little more."**
**"O Bhagavan! What is the difference in time between an *ekaindriya* (one-sensed being) and a *dvaindriya* (two-sensed being)?"**
**"Gautama! The difference is from the lowest *antarmūhurta* to the highest two thousand *sāgaropamas* plus a counted number of years."**
**"O Bhagavan! What is the difference in time between a *dvaindriya* (two-sensed being) and a *triindriya* (three-sensed being)?"**
**"Gautama! The difference is from the lowest *antarmūhurta* to the highest *vanaspatikāla* (the time it takes for a plant to grow)."**
**"And so it is for the difference between a *triindriya* (three-sensed being) and a *caturaindriya* (four-sensed being), and between a *caturaindriya* (four-sensed being) and a *pañcendriya* (five-sensed being)."**
**"And so it is for the difference between an *aparyāpta* (incomplete) and a *paryāpta* (complete) being."**
**[208.]**