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UTTARADHYAYANA.
I have described the duration of the Lêsyâs of animals and men, I shall now describe that of the gods. (47)
The shortest duration of the black Lesyâ is ten thousand years, the longest a Palyôpamâ and (a part of) an Asamkhyêya. (48)
The shortest duration of the blue Lesyâ is equal to the longest of the black one plus one Samaya; the longest is one Palyôpamâ plus a (greater part of) an Asamkhyêya. (49)
The shortest duration of the grey Lêsyâ is equal to the longest of the blue one plus one Samaya; the longest is one Palyôpamâ plus (a still greater part of) an Asamkhyêya. (50)
I shall now describe the red Lêsyâ as it is with gods, Bhavanapatis, Vyantaras, Gyôtishkas, and Vaimânikas. (51)
The shortest duration of the red Lesyâ is one Palyôpamâ, the longest two Sâgarðpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya ?. (52)
The shortest duration of the red Lesyâ is ten thousand years, the longest two Sâgarðpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya. (53)
The longest duration of the red Lêsyâ plus one Samaya is equal to the shortest of the yellow Lêsyâ; its longest, however, is ten muhûrtas longer. (54)
The longest duration of the yellow Lêsyâ plus one Samaya •is equal to the shortest of the white Lêsyâ ; the longest, however, is thirty-three muhûrtas longer. (55)
10. The black, blue, and grey Lêsyâs are the
1 This verse seems to lay down the duration of the Lêsyâ in the case of common gods, while the next one applies to Bhavanapatis, &c.
