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well as they are purposely used in the scriptures and that will help you to understand the subject properly.
15 Ahoratras make a fortnight
2 Fortnights, a month 12 Months
» a year We all accept this time-calculation.
5 years make one 'yuga' 20 Yugas, one century.
Today by "Yuga' we mean a very extensive period of time, but this ‘Yuga' here, is quite different.
10 Centuries make I thousand years
8400 thousand years make 1 Purvanga But one 'Purva' contains 705600000000000 years. Thereafter there are terms like Trutitangas, Atatanga, Atata etc. indicative of time measurements. A number with 194 digits is called Shirsha Prahelika.
Thus when definite numbers cease to be calculated indefinite numbers start. One measurement is Palyopama and the other is Sagaropama.
Palyopama period of time is calculated with the help of an illustration as follows:
Dig a well one mile wide, one mile long and one mile deep. Then fill the well with small pieces of hair compressed tight. Then let the procession of a Chakravarti King pass over the well, the same remaining uncompressed. Then take out one piece of hair at an interval of 100 years. Then the period of time taken to evacuate the entire well is called Polyapama. Such time when multiplied by io crores X 10 crores is called Sagaropama.
WHO CONTRACTS BONDAGE OF DURATION AND THE TYPE OF SUCH
BONDAGE
Now you must have properly understood what is Sagaropama
period.
We have mentioned above that the longest bondage-duration of existence is 33 Sagaropama. That period is enjoyed by the soul
