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NandiSootra
bhumi inhabitant garbhaj human beings do you mean those with a life-span of countable (a finite number of) years or those with a life-span of uncountable years? Answer Gautam! It is acquired only by the karmabhumi inhabitant placental human beings with a life-span of countable years and not by those with a life-span of uncountable years.
The Measurement of Time
Jains have also worked out the minute, detailed and scientific division of time. This has two sections - One is countable time and the other is metaphoric time.
NUMERICAL TIME: [1] Indivisible unit of time= 1 Samaya, [2] InnumerableSamaya = 1Avalika, [3] Numerical Avalika= 1 Exhalation or 1 Inhalation, [4]1In- halation + 1 Exhalation 1 Pran, [5] 7 Pran= 1 Stok, [6]7 Stok= 1 Lav, [7] 77Lav = 1 Muhurt, [8]30 Muhurt= 1Day and Night /24 hours, [9]15 Day and Night=1 Fortnight, [10] 2 Fortnight= 1 Month, [11] 2 Months 1 Season, [12]3 Season 1 Ayan or 1/2 year, [13]2Ayan 1 Year, [14]5Years= 1Yug (half a decade), [15]20Yug= 1 Century (100 years), [16]10Century= 1 Millennium (1000 years), [17]100 Millenniu = 1 Lakshabdi (100000 years), [18] 84 Lakshabdi 1Purvang(84 x 1lac years), [19] 84 Lac Purvang 1 Purva (84 lac x84lac Years)
After the purva' there are twenty five units more. Each unit is amultiple of 84, 00,000 and the previous unit. The last such unit of thefinite number in this series is known as Sheersh Prahelika. It contains 54 numbers and 140 zeros.
Metaphoric Time Scale
This is the period of time beyond the scope of numbers ormathematics. As such, it is measured metaphorically. Its smallest'unit is Palyopam.
The definition of Palyopam available in Jainscriptures is as follows:
Dig a cup shape ditch measuring 1 yojan (approx. 8 miles) on all sides. Fill it with the miniscule hair of manfrom Uttar kuru. It would be so tightly packed that air or water maynot find a passage within. Now start taking out one hair everyhundred years. The time taken in emptying this ditch is termed asPalyopam.
1 thousand trillion Palyopam 1 Sagaropam
1 thousand trillion Sagaropam 1 Utsarpini or 1 Avasarpini
2 thousand trillion Sagaropam = 1 time cycle,
Question When you say that it (Manah-paryav-jnana) is 'acquired by the karmabhumi inhabitant placental human beings with a finite life-span do you mean those who are fully developed or those who are under-developed?
Answer Gautam! It is acquired only by the karmabhumi inhabitant placental human beings with a finite life-span who are fully developed and not by those who are under-developed.
COMMENTARY -Placental human beings belonging to karmabhumi with a life-span of countable years are of two types - paryapt (fully developed) and aparyapt (under-developed). As a consequence of fruition of karma, to reach the state of full development of all faculties associated with life is called paryapti. Aparyapt is its opposite or not fully developed. Paryapti means maturity in terms of capacities of all faculties associated with life. There are six types of paryaptis
Aahar-paryapti - The maturity or full development of the capacity of a being to accept eatables and convert them into the required basic components of form, taste, smell etc. is known as Ahar-paryapti or the mature or fully developed capacity to eat.
Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
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Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
