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Gommatsar Karmakanda-185: All living beings, when divided by the half-diminished number of the first (guna-hani), the resulting number is the first square of the first competitor of the first guna-hani. Further, by subtracting one special (choice) each time, one square is obtained. And in each guna-hani, the measure of the first niṣeka is to be known as half, and the measure obtained by dividing the first square by the two guna-hanis is to be understood as the measure of the special (choice). Special meaning: The niṣeka-related sandṛṣṭi is as follows: (Dhavala Pu. 10 p. 76)
56 | 112
80 | 40 88 +176 +352 +416 +208 +104 +52 +26 - 1422
In the sandṛṣṭi, the adhvān of guna-hani is 4, the adhvān of yoga-sthāna is 32, the number of nāna-guna-hani śalākā is 8 (3 below and 5 above the yava-madhya), the measure of the mutually multiplied quantity below and above is 8, 32 (Dha. Pu. 10 p. 76). The explanation of the gāthā-ārtha is given in the special meaning of gāthā 229 with the example of the sarva-jīva-pradeśa 3100.
Multiply the lowest square by the number of competitors, and the resulting number is the measure of one square of the first square of that competitor. In the squares of the second and subsequent squares, one indivisible section is added successively. 1. "In the first square, how long do living beings remain in the jīva-padeśa according to the measure of the jīva-padeśa? They remain for a time equal to the half-diminished number of guna-hanis." Dhavala Pu. 10 p. 445-446. 2. "What is the special feature? The half-diminished number of guna-hanis is divided into countless parts, and one part is obtained in the jīva-padeśa of the first square." Dhavala Pu. 10 p. 444.