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FIGURE 4.5 The Jain cosmic time cycle.
HHH
HHH
ALF CYCLE
AVARSARPIN
REGRESS
ESSIVE HALF
HH
HH
S SIVE HALF
PROGRESS
ALF CYCLE
HHM
UTSARPINI
HHM
MHM
MMH
5
MM
MM 6 16 MMM MMM
6
Birth of Mahavira
Key:
2000 CE
H = Happiness
M = Misery
1. Extremely happy
HHH - very large period 2. Happy
- HH - very large period 3. More happy than unhappy - HHM - large period 4. More unhappt then happy - MMH - large period 5. Unhappy
- MM - 21,000 years 6. Extremely unhappy - MMM - 21,000 years
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