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Subtracting a section from a section is called section-kāṇḍaka-ghāta. 254. Question: What is the time of section-kāṇḍakotkīraṇa? Answer: The time at which the section-kāṇḍaka-ghāta occurs is called the section-kāṇḍakotkīraṇa time. 255. Question: What is guṇashreṇī? Answer: Where the substance is given to the niṣeka in a multiplied order, it is called guṇashreṇī. 256. Question: What is guṇahānī? Answer: Where the substance is given in a diminished form, it is called guṇahānī. 257. Question: What is phālī? Answer: Dividing a large community into smaller groups is called phālī. The meaning of phālī is to divide, like a large pumpkin is divided into pieces, similarly, the group of karmas is divided. For example, in the upshama time, the amount of substance that is upshamaed in the first time is the first phālī, and the amount of substance that is upshamaed in the second time is the second phālī.
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