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भगवती सूत्रम् शः ९ उः ३२ .
गांगेय-संतरं भंते ! पुढविक्काइया उव्वट्टति पुच्छा ?
Gangeya-Bhante ! Do the earth bodies die with a time-gap, pray ?
महावीर-गंगेया! णो संतरं पुढविक्काइया उब्वति णिरंतरं पुढविक्काइया उब्वट्टति। एवं जाव...वणस्सइकाइया णो संतरं णिरंतरं उव्वट्ट ति।
_Mahāvita-Gangeya ! They die not with a time-gap, but incessantly, all the while, and like this, till plants.
गांगेय-संतरं भंते ! बेइंदिया उव्वदृति णिरंतरं बेइंदिया उव्वट्टति ?
Gängeya-Bhante ! Do the two-organ beings die with, or without, a time-gap ?
महावीर-गंगेया ! संतरं पि बेइंदिया उव्वति णिरंतरं पि बेइंदिया उन्वति । एवं जाव...वाणमंतरा।
Mahāvira-Gängeya ! They die with a time-gap, as well as without, and like this, till the Vāņavyantaras.
गांगेय-संतरं भंते ! जोइसिया चयंति पुच्छा?
Gangeya-Bhante ! Do the Jyotiskas go out with a timegap, pray ?
महावीर-गंगेया ! संतरं पि जोइसिया चयंति णिरंतर पि जोइसिया चयति । एवं जाव...वेमाणिया वि ।
Mahavira-Gangeya ! Sometimes they go out with a timegap and sometimes they do not, and like this, till the Vaimānikas.
गांगेय-कइविहे णं भंते ! पवेसणए पण्णत्ते ?
Gangeya-Bhante ! How many types of entrance are there ?
