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XXXV. THE TWELVE EG’INDIYA-MAHĀJUMMA
[AVANTARA-]SAYAS.
Avantar asa y a 1.
1 (964b) There are sixteen 'great numbers' (m a hāju m m a) the names of which are formed by combining the terms kadajumma, teoya, dāvarajumma and kalioya (see XVIII 4%) with themselves and with each other in the sixteen possible ways: [1] kadajumma-kadajumma, [2] kadajumma-teoya etc. up to [16] kalioya-kalioya. The second term of these compounds indicates the remainder (viz 4 = 0, 3, 2 and i resp.) if the dividend is divided by 4; the first term indicates the remainder (also 4 = 0, 3, 2 and i resp.) if the quotient of that same division is divided by 4. Thus e.g. if A: 4 = B, the remainder being C, and if B : 4 = D, the remainder being E, the number A is a teoyadāvarajumma if C is 2 and E is 3. - Text: je nam rāsī caukkaenam avahāreņam avahīramāṇe cau-pajjavasie je nam tassa räsissa avahāra-samayā ('the number of times four has been subtracted') te vi kada-jummā se ttam kadajumma-kadajumme etc.
The interpretation of mahājumma in Lehre p. 33 = Doctrine p. 42 must be understood in the way explained above. If we adopt the abbreviations kj, to, dj and ko (cf. XXV 34) the smallest possible 'great numbers' are kj-kj 16, kj-to 19, kj-dj 18, kj-ko 17, to-kj 12, to-to 15, to-dj 14, to-ko 13, dj-kj 8, dj-to 11, dj-dj ro, dj-ko 9, ko-kj 4, ko-to 7, ko-dj 6 and ko-ko 5, thus Abhay. These numbers are called 'great' because their minima are 4-19, whereas the minima of the 'small numbers' (khudda-jumma, see XXXI 1) are 1-4. Also cf. Introduction $ 6.
2a (966a) [1] The stage of existence from which a kadajummakadajumma group of Al originates, [2] the number of souls simultaneously (ega-samaenam) reborn in such a group, [3] their
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