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## The Seventh Understanding of the Eightfold Path (226)
Those who say that the beings who have attained the end of the cycle of existence are of eight types, according to them, these are the eight types: 1. **Prathama-samaya-nairyaika**, 2. **A-prathamasamaya-nairyaika**, 3. **Prathama-samaya-tiryag-yoni**, 4. **A-prathamasamaya-tiryag-yoni**, 5. **Prathama-samaya-manushya**, 6. **A-prathamasamaya-manushya**, 7. **Prathama-samaya-deva**, and 8. **A-prathamasamaya-deva**.
**Question:** O Bhagavan! How long is the **Prathama-samaya-nairyaika**'s existence?
**Answer:** O Gautama! From the lowest, it is one **samaya**, and from the highest, it is also one **samaya**.
**Question:** How long is the **A-prathamasamaya-nairyaika**'s existence?
**Answer:** From the lowest, it is one **samaya** less than ten thousand years, and from the highest, it is one **samaya** less than thirty-three **sagaropama**.
**Question:** How long is the **Prathama-samaya-tiryag-yoni**'s existence?
**Answer:** From the lowest, it is one **samaya**, and from the highest, it is also one **samaya**.
**Question:** How long is the **A-prathamasamaya-tiryag-yoni**'s existence?
**Answer:** From the lowest, it is one **samaya** less than the duration of the **bhavagrahana**, and from the highest, it is one **samaya** less than three **paligro-vamai**.
The same applies to humans as it does to the **tiryag-yoni**, and to the **devas** as it does to the others.
**Question:** O Bhagavan! How long is the **Prathama-samaya-tiryag-yoni**'s existence?
**Answer:** From the lowest, it is one **samaya**, and from the highest, it is also one **samaya**.
**Question:** How long is the **A-prathamasamaya-tiryag-yoni**'s existence?
**Answer:** From the lowest, it is one **samaya** less than the duration of the **bhavagrahana**, and from the highest, it is the duration of the **vanas-saikalo**.
**Question:** How long is the **Prathama-samaya-manushya**'s existence?
**Answer:** From the lowest, it is one **samaya**, and from the highest, it is also one **samaya**.
**Question:** How long is the **A-prathamasamaya-manushya**'s existence?
**Answer:** From the lowest, it is one **samaya** less than the duration of the **bhavagrahana**, and from the highest, it is one **samaya** less than three **paligro-vamai** plus one **puvakodi-puhuttama-bhahi-ya-i**.