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[148] In the Chakshandagama, the lifespans of the Jivas (living beings)
[1, 5, 142] The coarse (bādar) plants, aqueous (āu), fiery (teu), aerial (vāu), and vegetable (vanapphadikāiya) individual-bodied Jivas, how long do they live? They live for the same duration as other Jivas. [142]
The minimum duration of these Jivas is the duration of the acquisition of a minute (khudda) existence (bhava). [143] The maximum duration of these Jivas is the duration of the karmic state (kammahidī). [144]
Here, one should understand that the maximum state of the seventy koḍākoḍī sāgaropama duration of the perception-deluding (darshanmoha) karma is to be grasped.
The coarse (bādar) earth-bodied (puḍhavikāiya), coarse water-bodied (āukāiya), coarse fire-bodied (teu-kāiya), coarse air-bodied (vāu-kāiya), and coarse plant-bodied (vanapphadikāiya) individual-bodied Jivas, how long do they live? They live for the same duration as other Jivas. [145]
The minimum duration of these Jivas is the duration of an antarmuhūrta (less than 48 minutes). [146] The maximum duration of these Jivas is countless thousands of years. [147]
Among them, the maximum lifespan of the pure earth-bodied (pūḍhavikāiya) Jivas is twelve thousand (12,000) years, the lifespan of the rough earth-bodied (khara-puḍhavikāiya) Jivas is twenty-two thousand (22,000) years, the lifespan of the water-bodied (āukāiya) Jivas is seven thousand (7,000) years, the lifespan of the fire-bodied (teu-kāiya) Jivas is three (3) days, the lifespan of the air-bodied (vāu-kāiya) Jivas is three thousand (3,000) years, and the lifespan of the plant-bodied (vanapphadikāiya) Jivas is ten thousand (10,000) years. In these lifespans, after being born countless thousands of times, they become countless thousands of years. Just as an Ajīva (non-living) bodied Jiva was born among the Jīva (living) bodied Jivas, and then it wandered among those same Jīva bodied Jivas for countless thousands of years until it attained the Ajīva body. In this way, one should understand the maximum duration of the Jīva bodied Jivas.
The coarse (bādar) earth-bodied (puḍhavikāiya), coarse water-bodied (āukāiya), coarse fire-bodied (teu-kāiya), coarse air-bodied (vāu-kāiya), and coarse plant-bodied (vanapphadikāiya) individual-bodied Jivas with limited (laddh'appajjatta) capacity, how long do they live? They live for the same duration as other Jivas. [148]