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ANUOGADDĀRĀIM
Í SUTTAS 346
twelve amgulas make one vihatthi, twenty-four amgulas make one rayani, forty-eight amgulas make one kucchi, ninety-six amgulas make one damda, or dhanü, or juga, or naliyā, or akkha, or musala, two thousand dhanūs, by this standard of dhanī, make one gāuya,
four gāuyas make one joyana. 346. What is the purpose of this (standard of measurement of) i ussehamgula? (The reply is that) by meams of this ussehamgula, the space occupied by the bodies of hell-beings, animal beings, human beings and gods is measured.
347 [1]. How big, O Lord, is the bodily occupation of hellbeings? It is, Gotama, stated to be twofold, viz.
(1) the (normal) body which is got at the time of birth and
maintained till the end of life, and (2) the body which is created afterwards to serve some
purpose. Of them, the (normal) body which is ... maintained till the end of life is (equal to) an innumerablth part of an amgula in the minimum and 500 dhaạūs in the maximum. Of them, the body which is created afterwards to serve some purpose is (equal to) a numerablth part of an amgula in the minimum and 1,000 dhanus in the maximum.
347 [2]. How big, O Lord, is the bodily occupation of hell-beings in the land of Rayanappabha? It is, Goyama (sic), stated to be twofold, viz.
(1) the (normal) body which is got at the time of birth and
maintained till the end of life, and (2) the body which is created afterwards to serve some
purpose. Of them, the (normal) body which is... maintained till the end of life is (equal to) an innumerablth part of an amgula in the minimu and seven dhanūs, three rayanis and six amgulas in the maximum. Of them, the body which is created afterwards to serve some purpose is (equal to) a numerablth part of an amgula in the minimum and fifteen dhanūs, two and a half rayani in the maximum.
347 [3]. How big, O Lord, is the bodily occupation of hellbeings in the land of the Sakkarappabhā? It is, Goyama, twofold, viz.
(1) the (normal) body which is got at the time of birth and
maintained till the end of life, and
be
