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Ekaikottaraprakritibheda-nirupana
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The minimum duration of the vibhakti (division) of each uttaraprakrti (subsequent nature) is more than one hundred and thirty-two sagaras, which is less than three asankhyata parts of a palya. The duration of the anantanubandhi-caturaska vibhakti is of three types: anadi-ananta, anadisanta, and sadisanta. Among them, the minimum duration of the sadisanta anantanubandhi-caturaska is less than half a pulparivartana, and the maximum duration is an antarmuhurta. Similarly, with respect to the adesa (command), the minimum duration of the vibhakti of mithyatva, twelve kasayas, and nine nokasayas in the narakagati (state of hell) is ten thousand years, and the maximum duration is thirty-three sagaras. Similarly, one should know the duration of the samyaktva-prakrti, samyagmithyatva, and anantanubandhi-caturaska. The only specialty is that their minimum duration is one samaya. The maximum duration in the seven hells is according to their respective highest status. Only in the seventh hell, the minimum duration of the anantanubandhi-caturaska is an antarmuhurta. In the tiryaggati (animal state), the minimum duration of the vibhakti of twenty-two prakrtis is the measure of ksudrabhavagraha, and the maximum duration is ananta kala. The minimum duration of the anantanubandhi-caturaska is one samaya, and the maximum duration is ananta kala. The minimum duration of the samyaktva-prakrti and samyagmithyatva is one samaya, and the maximum duration is slightly more than three palyas. The minimum duration of the vibhakti of twenty-two prakrtis in the pañcendriya-tiryañca, pañcendriya-tiryañca-paryapta, and pañcendriya-tiryañca-yonimati is the measure of ksudrabhavagraha, and the maximum duration is an antarmuhurta. The minimum duration of their samyaktva-prakrti, samyagmithyatva, and anantanubandhi-caturaska is one samaya, and the maximum duration is more than three palyas of the previous kotiprthakatva. Similarly, one should know the duration of the twenty-eight prakrtis of the samanya-manusya, paryapta-manusya, and manusya-nara. The minimum duration of the vibhakti of twenty-six prakrtis of the pañcendriya-tiryañca-labdhyaparyapta is the measure of ksudrabhavagraha, and the maximum duration is an antarmuhurta. The minimum duration of the samyaktva-prakrti and samyagmithyatva is one samaya, and the maximum duration is an antarmuhurta. Similarly, one should know about the labdhyaparyapta-manusyas. In the devagati (state of celestial beings), the duration of the vibhakti of twenty-eight prakrtis of the devas is similar to that of the narakis. With respect to the specialty, the minimum and maximum duration of the vibhakti of twenty-two prakrtis from the bhavanavasi to the uparimagra-vaikriya should be known according to their respective minimum and maximum status. The minimum duration of their samyaktva-prakrti, samyagmithyatva, and anantanubandhi-caturaska is one samaya, and the maximum duration is according to their respective highest status. The minimum and maximum duration of mithyatva, samyagmithyatva, twelve kasayas, and nine nokasayas of the nava-anudisa and pañca-anuttara is according to their respective minimum and maximum status. The minimum duration of the samyaktva-prakrti and anantanubandhi-caturaska is one samaya and an antarmuhurta respectively, and the maximum duration is according to their respective status. Similarly, one should know the duration of the vibhakti of each prakrti in the remaining marga