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In the 16. Five-sensed sub-humans, born of the womb (or egg etc.) only the humans and sub-humans except as described in the eleven types of beings, the infernals and the gods upto the eighth heaven can take birth.
In the 17. Humans born by agglutination only the humans and subhumans except as above and except fire-bodied and air-bodied beings can take birth. (Gods, infernals, fire-bodied, air-bodied and humans and sub-humans of innumerable years' life-span cannot take birth here).
In 18. Humans born of womb—the infernals except those from the seventh hell, the sub-humans except fire-bodied, air-bodied and those which have innumerable years' life-span, the humans except those which belong to akarmabhūmi, antardvīpa and have innumerable years' lifespan and all types of gods can take birth here.
In 19. Gods-only the five sensed sub-humans (both born of womb etc. or born by agglutination) and the humans born of womb can take birth here.
20. STHITI—DURATION OF LIFE-SPAN
The total durationof the soul in a particular life-form is its life-span (sthiti). The units of time used to measure the life-span are:
1 Samaya= individual unit of time
Innumerable Samayas = 1 Āvalikä 44463998 Avalikās 7 Prāņa
Stoka Lava
Ghadi 30
Muhūrta Ahorātra
1 Prāņa 1 Stoka 1 Lava 1 Ghadi 1 Muhurta 1 Ahorātra
1 Māsa
Māsa
1 Varşa
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