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Sattamo Uddeso
Section-7
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Dhannānam joni-thii-padam 6.129 aha bhamte! sālīnam, vihīņam, godhūmānam, javāṇam, javajavānam eesi
ņam dhannāņam kotthāuttăņam pallāuttānam mamcāuttānam mālāuttānam olittānam littānam pihiyānam muddiyānam lamchiyāṇam kevatiyam kālam joņi samcitthai? goyamā! jahanne nam amtomuhuttam, ukkose nam tinni samvaccharăim. tena param joņi pamilāyai, tena param joņi paviddhamsai, tena param bie abie
bhavati, tena param jonivocchede pannatte samaņāuso! The Topic of Lasting of the Yoni (Reproduction-power) of Grains How long,' O Lord! does the yoni (reproduction power) of the following grains last-śāli (a kind of paddy), vrīhi (a kind of paddy), wheat, barley and yavayava (a superior quality of barley), kept in barn, granary (made of bamboo), mañca (a raised platform), māla (a storeroom built at a height near the ceiling of the floor), with their opening besmeared with cow-dung etc. to block it, with all their sides besmeared with cow-dung, etc. with their opening covered with a lid, sealed by the earthen seal and marked by lines etc.? Gautama! it lasts for an antarmuhurtta in the minimum and three years in the maximum. Thereafter, the yoni withers, thereafter, the yoni is destroyed, thereafter, the seed becomes non-seed and thereafter, the yoni (the
reproduction power) is said to cease, O long-lived ascetic! 6.130 aha bhamte! kala-masūra-tila-mugga-māsa-nipphāva-kulattha-ālisamdaga
satīna-palimamthagamāīnam-eesi nam dhannānam kotthāuttānam pallāuttānam mamcāuttānam mālāuttānam olittānam littānam pihiyānam muddiyānam lamchiyānam kevatiyam kālam joni samcitthai? goyamā! jahanne nam amtomuhuttam, ukkose nam pamca samvaccharāim. tena param jonī pamilāyai, tena param joni paviddhamsai, tena param bie abie bhavati, tena param jonīvocchede pannatte samaņāuso! How long, O Lord! does the yoni (reproduction power) of the following grains last-peas, lentil, sesame, green lentil, horse-bean, legume, horse-gram (kulatha), Bengal gram,-kept in barn, granary (made of bamboo), mañca (a raised platform), māla (a storeroom built at a height near the ceiling of the floor), with their opening besmeared with cow-dung to block it, with all their sides besmeared with cow-dung, with their opening covered with a lid,
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