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The receptivity of human brain is maximum at twenty-two, after which it starts declining, although at a very slow rate. After 40, the rate starts increasing alarmingly, and on reaching eigghty, it is reduced to the same strength as it was at 12.
--Article, Jawani ke bina yaha deha śava hai" by Ratan Lal Joshi in Kadambini, Sept' 1985.
See the Bhasyam and Foot-notes of Ayāro, 8.15.
The normal span of human life is about a hundred years. It can be divided into ten stages, each lasting for ten years. Till the end of the fourth stage (i.e. age of 40), his vigour and lustre continue to increase, and are in full bloom. After that, deterioration sets in.
At fifty, the signs of decrepitude begin to appear. The eyesight begins to be affected. The power of the other sense-organs also begin to degenerate.
Senility then sets in, and vigour and lusture are replaced by infirmities. The vital organs then become progressively incapable of carrying out their functions; replacement of worn tissues is entirely stopped, and in the end, Death takes him away.
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Cürnau, (p.54) antara sabdasya dvāvarthau drśyete ---
1. virahah, 2. chidram.
Vrttau (patra 97) asyārthah krttosti - avasarah. Kintu atra antarśabdasya 'antarātmā' ityarthaḥ adhikam prasajati.
In Apte's Sanskrit-English Dictionary the follwing meaning of antara are given: 'antaram' - Soul, heart, mind, the inmost or secret nature, the Supreme Soul.
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The meaning of the word samdhi (3.51) is also the same. Maslow, Motivation and Personality, Harper, New York, 1954. Ayāro, 8.15 : jāmā tiņni udāhiyā, jesu ime āriyā sambujjhamāņā samutthiyā.
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