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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 5 Ch. 1
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And what has been said of ayana is to be repeated about a year, a yuga, a century, 1000 years, 100,000 years, purvanga, purva, trutitanga, trutita, atatanga, atata, avavanga, avava, huhukanga, huhaka, utpalanga, utpala, padmānga, padma, nalinănga, nalina, arthanūpuränga, arthanüpura, ayutanga, ayuta, nayutānga, nayuta, prayutānga, prayuta, culikānga, cūlikā, širşa-prahelikānga, sirşa-prahelikā, palyopama and sägaropamat.
Q. 14. Bhante! When in the south of the isle named Jambūdvipa, it is first avasarpini (down-phase of the time-cycle), in the north, too, it is first avasarpiņi; and when it is first avasarpiņi in the north, then, to the east and and the west of Mount Meru in the isle named Jambudvipa, (it is said), there is no avasarpini nor utsarpini ; it is a fixed time. Is it so ?
A. 14. Yes, Gautama, it is so,...repeat what (you have) said,...till a fixed time. What is stated about avasarpini is to be repeated about utsarpiņi.
__ [ sun-rise in Salt Seas ] प्रश्न १५-लवणे णं भंते ! समुद्दे सूरिया उदीण-पाईणमुग्गछ... ?
उत्तर १५-ज च्चेव जंबूद्दीवस्स वत्तव्वया भगिया स च्चेव सव्वा अपरिसेसिया लवणसमुदस्स वि भाणियव्वा णवरं अभिलावो इमो
यव्वो। जया णं भंते ! लवणे समुद्दे दाहिणड्ढे दिवसे भवइ तं चेव जाव...तया णं लवणसमुद्दे पुरत्थिम-पच्चत्थिमे णं राई भवति । एएणं अभिलावेणं णेयव्वं ।
प्रश्न १६-जया णं भंते ! लवणसमुद्दे दाहिणड्ढे पढमा ओसप्पिणी पडिवज्जइ तया णं उत्तरड्ढे पढमा ओसप्पिणी पडिवज्जइ जया णं उत्तरड्ढे पढमा ओसप्पिणी पडिवज्जइ तया णं लवणसमुद्दे पुरथिमपच्चत्थिमेणं णेवत्थि ओसप्पिणी णेवत्थि उस्सप्पिणी समणाउओ ?
उत्तर १६-हंता गोयमा ! जाव...समणाउओ।
