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eight lac. Lokapāla Vaiśramaņa rules over Dvīpakumāra gods is not mentioned in Bhagavatīsūtra. The mention of this fact in Samavāyānga, according to the commentator Abhayadevasūri, is a different tradition". B. The total longevity of elder monk Akampita is 48 years as a householder, 9 years as non-omniscient and 21 years as omniscient, i.e. (48+9 +21) 78 years. C. Sun on its southward motion makes shorter and longer the day and night, respectively 2/61 muhūrta in each circle. Consequently, on entering the thirty ninth circle sun makes shorter and longer, a day and a night, respectively by 2/61 x 39 i.e. 78/61 muhūrtas. Equally, sun on its northward motion also makes shorter and longer the day and the night, respectively, by 2/61 muhūrta in each circle. As a result, on entering the thirty ninth circle sun makes shorter and longer, a day and a night, respectively by 2/61x 39, i.e. 78/61 muhūrtas”.
1. Abhayadeva, p. 83. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid.
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