Jainism Key to Reality

SR No.: 007600
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shuganchand Jain
Publisher: Digambar Jain Trilok Shodh Sansthan
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 416
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Q.III.7.12 A.III.7.12
What is meant by vyavah ra-palya? There is a well which has a diameter of 2000 kosa (1 kosa is approximately equal to 2 miles or 3.2 kilometers) and depth of 2000 kosa when filled with the smallest parts of the hair of a ram. If we take out one such piece of the hair in every 100" years, then the number of years taken by us to empty this well is called pit-measure-period (vyavah rapalya).
Q.III.7.12 A.III.7.12
What is meant by innumerable-pit-measured-periods (uddh ra-palya)? It is innumerable times in duration of pit-measured-period.
f}f}loldEHkk% i 0&i pi fj{kfi . kks oy; kdr; % III.8 Dvirdvirviskambh h prva-p rvapariksepino valay krtayah
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os i Akh_}hi vkg I enih mŪkj kðkj nu&nuus 0; kl oky} i Dki DZ X}hi vkg I enih dks of"Vr djus okys vk pille ds vkdkj okys g (These) are double the diameter of the preceding ones and are circular in shape, each encircling the immediately preceding one.
Meaning:
Q.III.8.1 A.III.8.1
What is the form and size of the continents and oceans? These (i.e. each continent surrounded by an ocean) are circular (like a bangle) in shape and twice the diameter of the preceding one (i.e. 1st ocean is twice the diameter of first continent; second continent is twice the diameter of first ocean and so on).
Q.III.8.2 A.III.8.2
What is meant by 'dvirdvir in the aphorism? It means double the size of the previous one in succession.
Q.III.8.3 A.III.8.3
What is meant by 'viskambh h’in the aphorism? It means the 'surrounding area measured as diameter of the continent or ocean.
Q.III.8.4 A.III.8.4
What is meant by 'valay krtayah' in the aphorism? It means the 'in the form of a bangle'. It means the 'in the fo
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rue/; s e#ukfHko Ukks; kst u&'kr&l gl &fo"dEHkks t Ecw}hi % III.9 Tanmadhye merun bhirvștto yojana- ata-sahasra-viskambho jamb dv pah
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Meaning:
mu I cds chp ea xky Vkg , d&yk[k ; kstu folrkj okyk ‘tEcu}hi ' g$ ftl ds el; ea “ukfhk’ds Ieku ‘e# yi orkų g8 In the centre of these oceans and continents is Jamb dv pa, which is round and which is one hundred thousand yojanas in diameter. At the centre of this continent is Meru (Mount) like the navel in the body.
Q.III.9.1 A.III.9.1
Which is the continent in the centre of all continents? Jamb dv pa is in the centre of all continents and oceans; all continents and oceans are concentric circles with Jamb dv pa in the centre.
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