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three sagaropama and two pūrvakoți less eight years and one antarmuhurta. In case of the emancipated, it has a beginning but no end. The minimum duration of right faith arising from destructioncum-subsidence is within one muhūrta, and the maximum is sixty-six sāgaropama.
As regard division (vidhana), in general, right faith is one. From the point of view of its origin, it is of two kinds, namely, by own-nature (nisargaja) and by acquisition of knowledge (adhigamaja). It is of three kinds from the point of view of its divisions into subsidential, destructional and destruction-cum-subsidential. From the point of view of verbal nomenclature, it is of numerous kinds. It is of innumerable kinds on the basis of the believers. It is of infinite kinds on the basis of objects which have to be believed in.
These description (nirdeśa) etc. - are to be similarly understood in case of knowledge and conduct, and substances like the soul and the non-soul, as per the Scripture.
अध्याय- १
Are there further means of ascertaining the nature of right faith, the soul and the rest? Yes, there are.
सत्संख्याक्षेत्रस्पर्शनकालान्तरभावाल्पबहुत्वैश्च ॥८॥
[च] और [ सत् संख्या क्षेत्र स्पर्शन काल अन्तर भावाल्पबहुत्वैः ] सत्, संख्या, क्षेत्र, स्पर्शन, काल, अन्तर, भाव और अल्पबहुत्व इन आठ अनुयोगों के द्वारा भी पदार्थ का ज्ञान होता है।
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The seven categories are known also by existence - sat, number - samkhyā, place or abode - kṣetra, extent of space-sparśana, time - kāla, interval of time - antara, thought-activity - bhāva, and reciprocal comparison - alpabahutva.
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