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LECTURE XXXVI.
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ginning with Vigaya1, (a) is thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs, (6) thirty-one. (242)
In the great Vimâna Sarvârtha(siddha) there is no difference between the longest and shortest duration of life, but it is always thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs. (243)
The longest and shortest duration of the gods' (continuance in the same kind of) body is equal to that which has been given for their life. (244, 2452, 246=159, 160)
We have described the Living Beings, the worldly and the perfected ones, and we have described the Lifeless Things, those possessing form and those without form. (247)
Having thus learned (the nature of) living beings and lifeless things which is in accordance with the principles of reasoning, and believing in it, a sage should delight in self-control. (248)
After having lived as a Sramana many years, a sage should mortify himself by the following religious exercises. (249)
The longest duration of the mortification is twelve years; the middle, one year; and the shortest, six months. (250)
1 Viz. Vigaya, Vaigayanta, Gayanta, and Aparâgita.
2 Two MSS. (A and D) insert after verses 245 the following two verses: The longest interval between a Graivêyika's leaving his rank in Ânata, &c., and being again born to it, is an endless time, the shortest is from two to nine years. In the case of Anuttara gods the longest interval is a Sâgarôpamâ plus one Samkhyêya, the shortest is from two to nine years.
3 Naya.
The last self-mortification, samlekhanâ, which is to end. with death, is intended here. Some details about it will be found in part i, p. 74 ff.
