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jnana (sensual knowledge). The period for which these four types of knowledge lasts is with a beginning as well as an end. Of these the minimum sustenance period of sensual and scriptural knowledge is one Antarmuhurt. That of Avadhi and Manah-paryav-jnana is one Samaya. 卐 The maximum sustenance period of the first three jnanas is slightly 5 more than 66 Sagaropam (a metaphoric unit of time); and that of Manah-paryav-jnana is Deshonakoti-purva (less then ten million Purva; a metaphoric unit of time). The minimum sustenance period of Avadhijnana is said to be one Samaya because when someone with Vibhangjnana (pervert knowledge) acquires right perception/faith, at the first moment of that acquisition the Vibhang-jnana turns into Avadhi-jnana; and in case he looses that right perception immediately after or in the second Samaya he also looses Avadhi-jnana; thus this Avadhi-jnana lasts just for one Samaya. Similar reason applies to Manah-paryavjnana. When a restrained ascetic at Apramatta Gunasthaan acquires Manah-paryav-jnana he looses it just after one Samaya. The maximum sustenance period for Manah-paryav jnana is said to be slightly less than Deshonakoti-purva because if a person with a life-span of Deshonakoti-purva gets initiated and acquires Manah-paryav-jnana 卐 immediately after that lasting all his life; in such case the maximum period becomes slightly less than Deshonakoti-purva.
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卐 Period of sustenance of wrong knowledge-In context of sustenance period ajnani, Mati-ajnani and Shrut-ajnani all three are of three 477 kinds (1) anaadi-aparyavasit (without a beginning and without an end), which applies to abhavya (not destined to be liberated), (2) anaadisaparyavasit (without a beginning and with an end), which applies to bhavya (destined to be liberated) and (3) saadi-saparyavasit (with a beginning and with an end), which applies to those who loose righteousness. Of these the minimum sustenance period of those who are in the saadi-saparyavasit category is one Antarmuhurt because some individuals loosing right perception/faith regain it just after one 45 Antarmuhurt. The maximum sustenance period of these is infinity because individuals loosing right perception/faith generally regain it after infinite progressive and regressive cycles of rebirth or after spending infinite time as one sensed beings including plant bodied beings. The minimum sustenance period of Vibhang-jnana (pervert சு knowledge) is one Samaya because there is a chance of getting rid of it 卐 भगवती सूत्र (३)
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