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The statement regarding *Kshaya-samudghāt* and *Māraṇāntika-samudghāt* in the *Prajñāpanā-sūtra* should be stated in the same way as the statement regarding *Vedana-samudghāt*, universally. *Āhāraka-samudghāt* does not occur in the past or future for beings in the hell realm. This is because *Āhāraka-samudghāt* arises only from the *Āhāraka-śarīra*, and the *Āhāraka-śarīra* exists only when *Āhāraka-kalabdhi* is present. *Āhāraka-kalabdhi* is attained only by the fourteen *Pūrva-dhara* monks, and the knowledge of the fourteen *Pūrvas* can only be attained in the human realm, not in any other realm. Therefore, there is no *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the past or future in all realms other than the human realm. For example, *Āhāraka-samudghāt* is not possible in the hell realm for beings in the hell realm. Similarly, *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the past or future for beings in the hell realm is not possible in the *Asura-kumāra* and other *Bhavana-pati* realms, the *Pṛthvī-kāyika* and other *Eka-indriya* realms, the *Vikala-indriya* realms, the *Tiryak-pañca-indriya* realms, and the *Vāṇa-vyantara-jyotiṣka-vaimānika* realms, according to the aforementioned reasoning.
**Special Note:** There are countless *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the past and future for beings in the human realm. This is because, at the time of questioning, there are countless beings in hell who had attained the human realm in the past, who were knowers of the fourteen *Pūrvas*, and who had performed *Āhāraka-samudghāt* once or twice or thrice. Therefore, countless *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the past are said to have occurred for beings in the human realm. Similarly, at the time of questioning, there are countless beings in hell who will attain the human realm in the future, either immediately or through a series of births, who will become holders of the fourteen *Pūrvas*, who will attain *Āhāraka-kalabdhi*, and who will perform *Āhāraka-samudghāt*. Therefore, countless *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the future are said to have occurred for beings in the human realm.
**Special Note:** For beings from *Asura-kumāra* to *Vaimānika*, in all twenty-four *Daṇḍakas*, *Āhāraka-samudghāt* should be prohibited in their respective realms (except for the human realm).
**Special Note:** For beings in the *Vanaspati-kāyika* realm, *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the past and future should be said to be infinite. This is because there are infinite beings who had studied the fourteen *Pūrvas* in the human realm and who had performed *Āhāraka-samudghāt* once or twice or thrice, but who are now in the *Vanaspati-kāyika* realm. There are also infinite beings who will emerge from the *Vanaspati-kāyika* realm, attain the human realm, and perform *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the future.
For humans in the human realm, *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the past before the time of questioning is possibly countable and possibly uncountable. Similarly, *Āhāraka-samudghāt* in the future for humans in the human realm is possibly countable and possibly uncountable. This is because, at the time of questioning, they are in the highest category, or in the lowest category, or in a fraction of the uncountable number of regions of space. Therefore, at the time of questioning, it should be understood as possibly uncountable. And, since each person has performed *Āhāraka-samudghāt* once or twice or thrice, or will do so, it is also possibly countable.
For all beings other than humans, from *Asura-kumāra* onwards, the statement should be understood in the same way as for beings in the hell realm.