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Bhagavai 5:9:248-253
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goyamā! iham tesim mānam, iham. tesim pamāṇam, iham tesim evam pannāyae, tam jahā-samayā i vā jāva ussappiņi i vā. se tenatthenam jāva no evam pannāyae, tam jahā-samayā i vā jāva ussappini i vā. For what reason has it been said, O Lord! that it is not possible to say about the infernals that they have samaya or āvalikā ...... up to descending time-cycle and ascending time-cycle? Gautama! here in this human world) humans have māna, they have pramāna and so it is propounded that here there is samaya or ...... up to the ascending time-cycle. Because of this reason, that the infernals ...... up to the human world, it is not possible to propound that the infernals have samaya .... up
to ascending time-cycle. 5.250 evam jāva pamcimdiyatirikkhajoniyānam.
In the same way ..... up to five-sensed subhuman beings. 5.251 atthi ņam bhamte! maņussānam ihagayāṇam, evam pannāyate, tam jahā
samayä i vā jāva ussappiņi i vä? hamtā atthi. O Lord! is it possible to propound for human beings living in the human world that there is samaya ...... up to ascending time-cycle?
Yes, this can be. 5.252 se kenatthenam?
goyamā! iham tesim mānam, iham tesim pamānam, iham ceva tesim evam pannāyate, tam jahā samayā i vā jāva ussappiņi i vā se tenathenam. For what reason is it said so? Gautama! there is māna and pramāṇa here (in the human world) so, it is said that they have samaya ...... up to ascending time-cycle. It is so for this
reason. 5.253 vānamamtara-joisa-vemāniyānam jaha neraiyānam.
The Forest gods, Luminous gods and the Empyrean gods to be described like the infernals.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 248-253
In this universe there are two kinds of regions--time-region and timeless region. The human world consists of continents of Jambū Island, Dhātaki Island and half of the Puşkara Island two and half continents. The infernal world, the world of gods and the region beyond two and half continents is timeless region. There is no division of time there. The solar system is not in motion beyond the two
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