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194] The *Prajñāpanā Sūtra* and the most excellent *avadhi* are called *paramāvadhi* or *sarvāvadhi*. The *sarvajghanya* *avadhi* knowledge knows the *taijasavargāṇa* and *bhāṣāvargāṇa* substances, which are intermediate between the *apāntarālavartī* substances, with respect to substance; it knows an immeasurable part of an inch with respect to space; and it knows an immeasurable part of the past and future time with respect to time. Although it knows the substances that are the objects of *avadhi* knowledge, it cannot directly perceive space and time because they are abstract and formless. However, it knows the substances that are form-bearing in space and time by way of convention, and it knows an infinite number of *paryāyas* by way of feeling. Since substances are infinite, it knows at least four *paryāyas* of each substance, namely, form, taste, smell, and touch. This is the *sarvajghanya* *avadhi* knowledge. Beyond this, *avadhi* knowledge that increases with the increase of space, time, and *paryāyas* is called *madhyama*. Until the most excellent *avadhi* knowledge is attained, one should understand it as *madhyama*. The most excellent *avadhi* knowledge knows all form-bearing substances with respect to substance; it knows the entire *loka* and immeasurable sections of the *aloka* that are equal to the *loka* with respect to space; it knows immeasurable past and future *utsapiṇīs* and *avasapiṇīs* with respect to time; and it knows an infinite number of *paryāyas* with respect to feeling, because it knows the countable and immeasurable *paryāyas* of each substance.
Sixth-Seventh *avadhi* - Decay - Growth, etc. Gateways 2027. Geraiyāṇam Bhanta! Shrohi kim prāṇugāmiye praṇāṇugāmiye vaḍḍhamāṇe hāyamāṇe paḍivāi apaḍivāi pravattḥie aṇavaṭṭḥie? Goyamā! Pāṇugāmiye, no praṇāṇugāmiye no vaḍḍhamāṇe ṇo hāyamāṇe ṇo paḍivāi, apaḍivādī pravattḥie, ṇo aṇavaṭṭḥie. [2027 pr.] Bhagavan! Is the *avadhi* (knowledge) of the hell-beings *prāṇugāmik*, *anānugaamik*, increasing, decreasing, *pratipātī*, *apratipātī*, established, or unstable? [2027 u.] Gautama! It is *anugāmik*, but not *anānugaamik*, increasing, decreasing, *pratipātī*, or unstable; it is *apratipātī* and established. 2028. Evam jāv thaṇiyakumārāṇam / [2028] In the same way, one should know about (from the *asurakumāras* to the) *sthānita-kumāras*. 2026. Pancendriyatirikkhjōṇiyāṇam puccha. Goyamā! Āṇugāmiye vi jāv aṇatṭḥie vi / [2028 pr.] Bhagavan! Is the *avadhi* (knowledge) of the five-sense *tiryañch* *anugāmik*?, etc. The question is the same as before. [2026 u.] Gautama! It is also *prāṇugāmik*, and it is also unstable. 1. *Prajñāpanā*. (*Prameyabodhinī* commentary), Bha. 5, pp. 776-777.