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अनानुपूर्वी और अवक्तव्य द्रव्यों का भी एक और अनेक की अपेक्षा उत्कृष्ट और जघन्य स्थिति काल आनुपूर्वीद्रव्यवत् जानना चाहिए।
Elaboration—This aphorism states the duration of existence of anupurvi (sequential) and other substances in the same state in their singularity and plurality.
For anupurvi (sequential) substances to remain as anupurvi (sequential) substances this period is said to be a minimum of one samaya and maximum of immeasurable time. The reason for this is that when one or more paramanus (ultimate-particles) get fused with an aggregate (skandh) of two paramanus (ultimateparticles) a new anupurvi (sequential) substance is created. When this process is repeated once more just after the lapse of one samaya the newly formed anupurvi (sequential) substance is once again transformed. Thus the duration of its existence in the same form is just one samaya which is minimum. However, when this anupurvi (sequential) substance undergoes such
process of fusion only after a lapse of immeasurable time, the · duration of its existence in the same form is immeasurable time which is maximum.
With respect to many anupurvi (sequential) substances the duration of existence in the same state is, as a rule, for all times. This is because there is no time when these anupurvi (sequential) substances become extinct.
The duration of existence of no anupurvi (sequential) substance in the same form is infinite. This is because the maximum duration of a material bond is immeasurable time and not infinity. An aggregate (skandh) does not remain in the same state after the lapse of immeasurable time, it either disintegrates or gets integrated with other paramanus (ultimateparticles) or aggregates (skandhs). (for more details refer to the Tika of Anuyogadvara Sutra by Shri Jnana Muni, p. 514-515)
The same holds true for the remaining two (ananupurvi and avaktavaya substances) in their singularity and plurality. अनुयोगद्वार सूत्र
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Illustrated Anuyogadvar Sutra
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