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Bhagavai 5:1:19-24 in the Island of Jambūdvīpa? Is the time there uniform, O Long-lived Ascetic? Yes, Gautama! here the description follows just as in the query....up to O
Long-lived Ascetic!, the time is there uniform. 5.20 jahā osappiņie ālāvao bhāņio evam ussappinie vi bhāniyavvo.
The dialogue about the descending time-cycle also follows the same pattern
of the dialogue as mentioned about the ascending time-cycle. Lavanasamuddādisu sūriyādi-vattavvayā-padam 5.21 lavane nam bhamte! samudde sūriyā udīna-pāīnamuggaccha pāîna-dāhiņa
māgacchamti, jacceva jambudīvassa vattavvayā sacceva savvā aparisesiyā
lavanasamuddassa vi bhāniyavvā, navaram abhilāvo imo jāniyavvo. The Topic of the Description of Suns etc. in the Lavaņa Ocean
O Lord! the suns rise between the north and east directions and set in the west and south directions. The entire description of the suns in the Jambu Island follows here intact with reference to the Lavaņa Ocean, with the
difference that the present dialogue is to be particularly added here. 5.22 jayā nam bhamte! lavanasamudde dāhinaddhe divase bhavai, tam ceva jāva
tadā ņam lavanasamudde puratthima-paccathime nam rãi bhavati. O Lord! when there is day-time in the southern half of the Lavaņa Ocean,.... the same description follows ...... up to at that time there is night-time in the
east and west of Lavaņa Ocean. 5.23 eenam, abhilāvenam neyavvam jāva jayā nam bhamte! lavansamudde
dāhinaddhe padhamā osappiņi padivajjai, tayā nam uttaraddhe vi padhamā osappiņi padivajjai; jayā ņam uttaraddhe padhamā osappini padivajjai, tayā nam lavanasamudde puratthima-paccatthime nam nevaithi osappini nevatthi ussappiņi avatthie nam tattha kāle pannatte samanäuso? hamtă goyamā! jāva samaņāuso. According to this dialogue it is to be understood ..... up to O Lord! when there is the first ascending time-cycle in the southern half of the Lavaņa Ocean, is there the first ascending time-cycle also in the northern half? When there is the first ascending time-cycle in the northern half, are there not the ascending and descending time-cycles in the east and west of the Lavana Ocean? Is time there uniform, O Long-lived Ascetic?
Yes, Gautama ...... up to O Long-lived Ascetic, the time is uniform there. 5.24 dhāyaisamde nam bhamte! dīve sürīyā udīnapāīmuggaccha pāīna
dāhinamāgacchamti, jaheva jambūdivassa vattavvayā bhāniyā sacceva dhāiyasamdassa vi bhāniyavvā, navaram imenam abhilāvenam savve ālāvagā
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