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## Introduction
[37] In this manner, in this Sparshan Prarupana, the representation of the area touched in the past has been done with respect to the ten categories of Svasthana, etc., of beings having fourteen Gunasthanas and fourteen Marganasthanas.
## Kal Prarupana
[5] The discussion of how long beings stay in each Gunasthana and Marganasthana, both minimally and maximally, is done in the Anuyogadwar called Kalnugam. The Sutrakar has done this discussion of time with respect to one being and many beings. For example, how long do Mithyadrishti beings stay in the Mithyatva Gunasthana? The answer to this question is that with respect to many beings, Mithyadrishti beings always stay in the Mithyatva Gunasthana, meaning there is not a single moment in all three times when Mithyadrishti beings are not found. But with respect to one being, the time of Mithyatva is of three types: Anadi-Anant, Anadi-Sant, and Sadi-Sant. The time of Mithyatva of Abhavya beings should be known as Anadi-Anant. Because their Mithyatva has neither a beginning nor an end. The time of Mithyatva of those Abhavya beings who are Anadi Mithyadrishti is Anadi-Sant, meaning their Mithyatva is Anadi because they have not attained Samyaktva from the beginning of time until today, but their Mithyatva is Sant because they will attain Samyaktva in the future and their Mithyatva will end. The time of Mithyatva of those beings who have attained Samyaktva once, but due to the influence of the Sankleshas of the Pariṇāmas, again attain Mithyatva, should be known as Sadi-Sant. The Sutrakar, by pointing out these three types of Mithyatva-kalas, has indicated the least Sadi-Sant time of Mithyatva with respect to one being as Antarmuhurt, which means that if an Asanyata Samyagdristi, or a Sanyata-Asanyata, or a Pramatta-Sanyata being attains Mithyatva due to the fall of Pariṇāmas, and stays in the Mithyatva state for the shortest time of Antarmuhurt, and then again becomes Asanyata Samyagdristi, or Sanyata-Asanyata, or Apramatta-Sanyata, then the least time of Mithyatva of such a being is found to be Antarmuhurt. This type of Mithyatva is called Sadi-Sant because it has both a beginning and an end. The highest time of this Sadi-Sant Mithyatva is slightly less than 'Ardha-Pudgal-Parivartan-Praman'. This means that when a being attains Samyaktva for the first time and very quickly attains Mithyatva, then even if it stays in the Mithyatva Gunasthana for the maximum time, it will stay for a time slightly less than the time it takes for Ardha-Pudgal-Parivartan, and after that, it will attain Samyaktva according to the rule, and by holding onto Samyama, it will move towards Moksha.
1. To understand the nature of Ardha-Pudgal-Parivartan, one should refer to the Dhavala Tika of this Prakarana, the Bhavya-Marganas of the Go. Jivakanda, and the Sarvarthasiddhi, Chapter 2, Sutra 8, and its Tika.