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श्रमण भगवान महावीर (उस समय) तीन ज्ञान (मतिज्ञान, श्रुतज्ञान और अवधिज्ञान) से युक्त थे। वे यह जानते थे कि मैं स्वर्ग से च्यवकर मनुष्यलोक में जाऊँगा। मैं वहाँ से च्यवकर गर्भ में आया हूँ, परन्तु वे च्यवन-समय को नहीं जानते थे, क्योंकि वह काल अत्यन्त सूक्ष्म होता है।
346. When Susham-Susham, Susham and Susham-Dusham phases of the time cycle had already elapsed and a major part of the Dusham-Susham phase had also elapsed, its end being only seventy five years and eight and a half months away, during the fourth month and the eighth fortnight of the summer season on the sixth night of the bright half of the month of Ashadh when the moon was in the Uttaraphalguni lunar mansion the soul that was to be Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir descended from the Mahavijaya Pushpottar Pravar Pundareek Disha Sauvastika Vardhaman Mahaviman (name of a specific dimension of gods) after completing the twenty Sagaropam (a superlative count of time) age specific to the particular birth in the particular state. Like a lion his soul descended in the womb of Devananda Brahmini, daughter of the Jalandhar clan and wife of Brahmin Rishabhadatta of the Kondal clan, a resident of Brahman Kundagram.
At the time of descent Bhagavan Mahavir was endowed with three levels of knowledge (sensory perception, literal or scriptural knowledge and extra-sensory perception of physical dimension). Just before the samaya (moment) of descent he was aware that he was going to descend. The moment after descent he new that he had descended. But he was not aware of the act of descent as that period of time is extremely small.
विवेचन-जैनशास्त्रों में काल-चक्र का वर्णन आता है। प्रत्येक काल-चक्र बीस कोटाकोटि सागरोपम का होता है। इसके दो विभाग हैं-अवसर्पिणी और उत्सर्पिणी। अवसर्पिणी काल-चक्रार्ध में १० कोटाकोटि सागरोपम तक समस्त पदार्थों के वर्णादि एवं सुख का क्रमशः ह्रास होता जाता है । अतः वह ह्रासकाल-अवसर्पिणी काल माना जाता है। इसी तरह उत्सर्पिणी काल-चक्रार्ध में
भावना : पन्द्रहवाँ अध्ययन
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Bhaavana : Fifteenth Chapter
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