Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra Part 02 Bhagvai Terapanth

SR No.: 006599
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya, Mahendramuni, Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 740
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati
File Size: 20 MB

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Bhagavai 5:1:3-12
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less than 13 muhūrttas and the night of duration slightly more than 17
muhurttas. 5.11 jayā nam bhamte! jambuddīve dīve mamdarassa pavvayassa dāhiņaddhe
jahannae duvälasamuhutte divase bhavai, tayā nam uttaraddhe vi; jayä nam uttaraddhe, tayā nam jambuddive dive mamdarassa pavayassa puratthimepaccatthime nam ukkosiyä atthārasamuhutta raibhavai? hamtā goyama! evam ceva uvväreyavvam jāva rai bhavai. Is there also, O Lord! the shortest day of 12 muhürttas in the northern half, when there is the shortest day of 12 muhürttas in the southern half of the Mount Meru in the Island of Jambūdvīpa? Is there the longest night of 18 muhürttas in the eastern and western parts of the Mount Meru in the Island of Jambūdvīpa, when there is the shortest day of 12 muhurttas in the northern half. Yes, Gautama! the whole text is to be spoken of mutatis mutandis ...... up to
the longest night of 18 muhürttas. 5.12 jayā nam bhamte! jambuddive dive mamdarassa pavvayassa puratthime nam
jahannae duvālasamuhutte divase bhavai, tayā nam pacchatthime navi; jayā nam paccatthime, tayā nam jambuddive dive mamdarussa pavayassa uttara-dāhinena ukkosivi atthārasamuhuttä rai bhavai? hamtä goyama! jāva rai bhavai. Is there also, O Lord! the shortest day of 12 muhurttas in the western part when there is the shortest day of 12 muhūrttas in the eastern part of the Mount Meru in the Island of Jambūdvīpa? Is there the longest night of 18 muhürttas in the northern and southern parts of the Mount Meru in the Island of Jambūdvīpa, when there is the shortest day of 12 muhürttas in the western part? Yes, Gautama! mutatis mutandis ..... up to the longest night of 18 muhürttas.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 3-12
In the Island (continent) of Jambūdvspa, the sun gradually rises in the NorthEast and sets in the East-South; rises in the East-South; and sets in the South-West, rises in the South-West, and sets in the West-North, rises in the West-North and sets in the North-East.
When the visible sun becomes invisible, people identify this phenomenon with the setting in of the sun; when the invisible becomes visible, the phenomenon is called rising up of the sun.
There are two suns in the Island of Jambū. When one of those suns is in the North of Mount Meru, the other is in the South. At that time, there is day-time in the North and South parts of Mount Meru, and the night-time in the East and West parts