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[1, 2, 16] The number of dravyas in hell is determined by the number of gatis.
[59 The number of liberated souls (Jinas) is determined by the time period (kalaka) and is called laksha-prthaktva. According to one view, their number is 898502, and according to another view, it is 529648. || 14 ||
The number of liberated souls (Jinas) is determined by the time period (kalaka) and is called laksha-prthaktva. According to one view, their number is 898502, and according to another view, it is 529648.
Now, after determining the number of dravyas in relation to the fourteen gunasthana, we will determine the number of dravyas in hell in relation to the gatis.
According to the order of the gati-anuvada, how many mithyadristi jivas are there in hell in terms of dravya-pramana? They are countless. || 15 ||
According to the order of the gati-anuvada, how many mithyadristi jivas are there in hell in terms of dravya-pramana? They are countless. || 15 ||
This countless number is of eleven types: name, establishment, dravya, eternal, calculation, non-spatial, one, both, expansion, all, and state. Of these, we should consider the calculation-countless. This calculation-countless is also of three types: parita-sankhyata, yukta-sankhyata, and asankhyata-sankhyata. Each of these is also of three types: excellent, medium, and inferior. In this context, we should consider the medium asankhyata-sankhyata. The reason is that the Parikarma Sutra states, "Wherever asankhyata-sankhyata is seen, there the medium asankhyata-sankhyata is considered." This means that the number of mithyadristi jivas in hell in terms of dravya-pramana is medium asankhyata-sankhyata.
Now, we will determine the number of mithyadristi jivas in hell in relation to time.
Countless countless jivas are carried away by the descending and ascending time periods. || 16 ||
Countless countless jivas are carried away by the descending and ascending time periods. || 16 ||
We should place the countless countless descending and ascending time periods on one side and the countless mithyadristi jivas on the other side. Then, we should subtract one time period from the time period side and one jiva from the jiva side. In this way, by repeatedly subtracting one from each side, both the time period side and the jiva side will be exhausted simultaneously. Alternatively, the descending and ascending time periods together constitute one kalpa. Dividing the number of mithyadristi jivas by the kalpa, we get the number of kalpas in which the mithyadristi jivas exist.
Now, we will determine the number of mithyadristi jivas in relation to space.