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Ling dwar (the parameter of religious status) - The maximum time gap between Svalingis becoming Siddha is a little more than one year. And that for Anyalingis and Grihalingis is countable thousand years.
Charitra dwar (the parameter of level of purity) - The maximum time gap between beings becoming Stddha after perfecting Samayik and Sukshma-sam, paraya with yathakhyat charttra, in context of the earlier existence, is a little more than one year. In case of the remaining two combinations it is a little more than 18 kota-koti sagaropam.
Buddha dwar (the parameter of enlightenment) - The maximum time gap between beings enlightened by the enlightened one, indoctrinated by others, and self-enlightened becoming Siddhas is a little more than one year, countable thousand years and two to nine thousand purvas respectively.
Jnana dwar (the parameter of knowledge) - The maximum time gap between those who have become Omniscient after acquiring matt and shrut-jnana becoming Siddha is uncountable fraction of one Palyopam. In case of those who have become omniscient after acquiring mati, shrut and avadhi-jnana it is a little more than a year. In case of those who have become omniscient after acquiring all the four jnanas it is countable thousand years.
Avagahana dwar (the parameter of physical dimension) - The maximum time gap between those with maximum physical dimension becoming Siddha is so large that it has been explained by a conceptual example - if a cube is made of 14 rajjulok its one line of unit space points will be 7 rajjus long. The time taken in emptying this line at the rate of one space point per samaya is said to be equivalent to the said gap. In case of those having medium physical dimension this gap is a little more than one year and for those having minimum physical dimension it is one samaya.
Utkrusht dwar (the parameter of upper limit) - The maximum time gap between the Apratipati samyaktvi beings becoming Siddha is uncountable fraction of one sagaropam. In case of those who have fallen for uncountable and countable period it is countable thousand years and in case of those who have fallen for infinite period it is a little more than one year.
Anusamaya dwar (the parameter of continuity) - Beings become Siddha continuously for 2 to 8 samaya.
Samkhya dwar (the parameter of number) - The maximum time gap between a solitary being becoming Siddha and many becoming Siddha together is countable thousand years.
Alpabahutva dwar (the parameter of high and low) - As mentioned earlier. 7. BHAVA DWAR (THE PARAMETER OF MODE)
There are six types of modes or attitudes - Audayik, Aupashamik, Kshayopashamtk, Kshayik, Parinamik and Sanntpatik. Beings become Siddha only through Kshayik attitude. This parameter also has 15 sub-parameters which can be defined as before.
8. ALPABAHUTVA DWAR (THE PARAMETER OF MINIMUM-MAXIMUM)
The minimum number of beings becoming Siddha is from the higher world. The number of those from the lands of inactivity is countable times more than these. The number of those belonging to the female gender and other such categories is also countable times more than the first category. The number of those belonging to different Vijayas is countable times more than that of the second category. And the Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
50- Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
