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(3) Countless pradeśas of a single soul in fullest expansion, i.e.,
filling the whole universe. (4) Countless pradeśas of Space occupied by loka, i.e., exclud
ing aloka. (5) The number of souls in ordinary vegetation which is
innumerable times greater than the number of prades as in
the loka. (6) The number of souls in vegetable parasitic groups which is
countless time greater than the number in (5). Let the number obtained after addition of these six quantities be denoted by (x++ a).
Subject the number to S.T.N. process and let the result be denoted by x's.
To the number x's add the following :(1) The countless number of moments in a cycle of time.
(Cycle of time is explained in sutra 39); (2) The countless modifications of consciousness; 191 (3) The innumerable degrees of intensity of passions; (4) The still innumerably greater number of soul vibrations
associated with the activities of the mind, speech and the
body. Let the sum be denoted by (xs+b).
Subjecting (xs+b) to S.T.N. process, suppose we get to. (This number is called Preliminary Infinity.) 19.
Let (xo) to be denoted by x7, and
(x7)**?. (x7)" by X8.
Subject x's to S.T.N. process and let the result be x, To X, add the following quantities : (1) The number of souls which have attained nirvana, this
number, although infinite, is infinitely smaller than the
total number of souls in the universe. (2) The number of undeveloped souls (akin to bacteria and
unicellular organisms of modern biology) which is infinitely greater than the number in (1).
191. For details of (2), (3) and (4) read Gommat a-sara, Jivakända, edited by J.L. Jaini, S.B.J., Vol. V.
192. xo minus one is Maximum ultimate countless' (See page 82 ante).
