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## The Fifth Karma Granth
436
This means that the **Vṛhadvṛtti** of **Kṣetrasamāsa** and the **Vṛddhi** of **Jambudvīpaprajñapti** state that the hair of the people of **Uttarakuru** should be taken. However, the **Vṛtti** of **Pravacanasāroddhāra** and the **Vṛhadvṛtti** of **Sangrahaṇī** mention hair that has grown for one to seven days after a general shave. They do not mention the hair of the people of **Uttarakuru**. The **Svopājñavṛtti** of **Kṣetravicāra** states that the hair of a seven-day-old **meṣa** (sheep) born in **Devakuru** and **Uttarakuru**, measuring **utsedhāṅgula** (the length of a raised finger), should be taken and divided into eight parts seven times. This means that the hair should be divided into eight parts, and then each of those parts should be divided into eight parts again. By doing this, the hair will be divided into 2,067,152 parts. This number of parts should be used to fill the **palsa**.
The **Jambudvīpaprajñapti** also has the verse "**eyahi cehi tehi'a ukkosenaṁ satta rattaparūṭhāṇaṁ vālagga kodīja'**". The commentator has interpreted this as "**vāleṣu prāṇi śreṣṭhāṇi vālagrāṇi kurutar romāṇi teṣāṁ koṭayaḥ anekaḥ koṭi pramukhāḥ saṁkhyāḥ**", which means "among hairs, the best hairs are the hairs of the **kuru** land (**Devakuru**, **Uttarakuru**), and their number is in crores and crores". Thus, the commentator has taken the hair of the people of the **kuru** land (**Devakuru**, **Uttarakuru**) as the general hair.
**Digambara** literature mentions "**ekādisaptāhoraatrajātavīvālagrāṇi**", taking only the hair tips of a **meṣa** (sheep) born one to seven days old. The description of **palyopam** in **Digambara** literature
The **palyopam** and **sāgaropam** are used in the literature of both **Śvetāmbara** and **Digambara** sects to calculate time using the **upamā** (analogy) method. However, their descriptions differ. The nature and other aspects of **palyopam** found in **Śvetāmbara** literature have been described in verse 65. However, the description of **palyopam** found in **Digambara** literature is different from the aforementioned description. There is no distinction called **kṣetrapalyopam** in it.
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