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11. The actual station of the Asurakumāras has been described as follows :
uvariṁ egam joyaņa-sahassaṁ ogåhitta he tfhā cegaṁ joyaņasahassaria vajjetta majjhe atphahattare joyana-saya-sahasse ettha ņam asurakumārānam devāņaṁ causatthiṁ bhavaņā-väsa-sayasahassā bhavantiti akkhayam
(Leave aside 1000 yojanas at the top, and exclude 1000 yojanas at the bottom ; in the remaining portion which is 1,78,000 yojanas are located the 64,00,000 abodes of the Asurakumāras.]
12. According to the lunar calendar in use in India, a day of the fortnight may be complete or incomplete. When it is incomplete, it takes some time from the previous day or the day following which means that portions of two days make one day. Such a day is considered inauspicious, since it is not complete in itself, but is made complete by taking some time from another day preceding or following. Most inauspicious is the day which becomes complete by taking some time from the previous day and some time from the day following so that, in consequence, three days touch one another. Ordinarily, the fourteenth day is particularly auspicious for birth when it is complete in itself ; but when it is not complete in itself, and is touched by one day either side or by two days, it becomes very inauspicious for a child born on that day. Hence the use of the expression for Camarendra.
13. The word kandaye is used to signify the time taken for movement up and for movement down. When a comparison is made, the expressions are, 'limited times more' or limited times less'. but no precise measure of time is given. In subsequent discussion, however, the difference is specifically mentioned by stating that the ground covered by Sakra in one time-unit is covered by Camara in two time-units. and so on, from which it may not be difficult to conceive wbat "limited times more or less' would mean. The time taken by Śakra and Camara respectively for oblique move
