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[368] [Prajñāpanā Sūtra [1388 Pr.] Bhagavan! How long does the Nosūkṣma-Nobādar remain in the aforementioned state? [1388 U.] Gautama! This state is sādi-aparyavasita. The Eighteenth Gate / / 18 / / Discussion-The Eighteenth Sūkṣmadvāra-In the present three sūtras (Sū. 1386 to 1388), the duration of the inferior and superior states of Sūkṣma, Bādar, Nosūkṣma-Nobādar has been described. The duration of the Sūkṣma being-The Sūkṣma being remains in the Sūkṣma state for a minimum of antarmūhurta and a maximum of countless kalpas. That countless kalpas should be understood as the duration of the existence of the earth-bodied being. The Nosūkṣma-Nobādar being is a Siddha and the Siddha state is eternal. The Nineteenth Sanjidvāra 1386. Sagnī ṇam bhante! 0 puccha? Goyamā! Jahaṇṇeṇam antomuhuttaṁ, ukkosēṇam sāgarovamasatpuhattaṁ sātiregaṁ / [1389 Pr.] Bhagavan! How long does the Sanjī being remain in the Sanjī state continuously? [1389 U.] Gautama! For a minimum of antarmūhurta and a maximum of a little more than the time of a hundred oceans (continuously in the Sanjī state). 1360. Prasaṇṇī ṇam bhante! * puccha? Goyamā! Jahaṇēṇam antomuhuttaṁ, ukkosāṇam vaṇapphakalō. [1390 Pr.] Bhagavan! How long does the Asanjī being remain in the Asanjī state? [1390 U.] Gautama! For a minimum of antarmūhurta and a maximum of the time of a plant (continuously in the Asanjī state). 1361. Nosāṇṇīṇoasaṇṇī paṁ 0 puccha? Goyamā! Sādīe prapajjavasie / Dāram 19 // [1391 Pr.] Bhagavan! How long does the Nosanjī-Noprasanjī being remain in the Nosanjī-Noprasanjī state? [1391 U.] Gautama! (He) is sādi-aparyavasita. The Nineteenth Gate / / 16 / / Discussion-The Nineteenth Sanjidvāra-In the present three sūtras (Sū. 1389 to 1391), the duration of the continuous existence of the Sanjī, Asanjī and Nosanjī-Noasanjī beings in their respective states has been described. The duration of the Sanjī state-The minimum antarmūhurta, i.e., when a being is born in the Sanjī state after coming out of the Asanjī state and lives in that state for antarmūhurta and then is born again in the Asanjī state, then he remains in the Sanjī state for only that antarmūhurta, and the maximum is a little more than the time of a hundred oceans, the Sanjī being remains continuously in the Sanjī state. 1. Prajñāpanā Sūtra Malay. Vṛtti, Patrāṅka 395