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Read tamsi ca nam säsayamsi logamsi instead of tesim (old ed. and Ag.s. ed.) or temsim (J.P. ed.) ca nam etc.—The Pāsâvaccijjas want to test Mv. who, being savvannu etc., forestalls their question by bringing forward Pārsva's description of the universe, for which see KIRFEL, Kosmographie p. 209 seq. and Lehre par. 103. In IX 320 Mv. will declare that he himself discovered the truth about the eternity of the world.--For niliyanti Abhay. has viliyante.-The rather obscure asamkhejje loe (asamkhyāte 'samkhyātaprades'atmakatvāt loke : caturdaśa-rajju-atmake kşetra-loke adhāra-bhūte, Abhay.; cf. also XXV 23, VIII 105 and XXV 4) and the unusual jiva-ghana (technical terms from Pārsva's doctrine?) do not make the interpretation easier. We cannot follow Abhay. where he says, commenting upon ananta and paritta, that time passes for souls that are embodied in the sādhāraña and in the paritta (i.e. patteya, Lehre par. 106) way, because it is equal to the duration of these conditions (tat- [scil. avastha-] stithi-lakşaņa-paryāyarūpatvät tasya [scil. kālasya]).-As to the etymology of loka probably we should read: ... bhữe (scil. loe) ... pariņae [y]a. jīvehim etc. (cf. kiriyā-vai [v]a, karissam etc. in Ayāra 1, I) because, in spite of Abhay.'s allegation, ajīvair (: pudgal'ādibhir) na lokyate.-e or icchāmi : formulistic for icchāmo.
5 (248a) The four classes of gods and their number of subclasses: the Bhavaņavāsis have 10, the Vāṇamantaras 8, the Joisiyas 5 and the Vemāņiyas 2 subclasses. At the end one gāhā summarizing the udd. **
Cf. Tattv. IV 11-13 and 17 seq.
10. CANDIMĀ.
(249b) In the sanctuary Puņņabhadda near Campā Goy. questions Mv.: the course of the [two] moons (candi mā) etc. is like that of the suns, ref. to V 1 above. **
Cf. KIRFEL, Kosmographie p. 288; cf. also V 1 and Introduction $ 12 (c).
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