Ganittilakam Savrtuttikam

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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We shall now turn to kṣetra-pramāna. Like dravya-pramāna, this, too, is of two kinds: (1) prades'anispanna and (2) vibhāganispanna. The former has asanahya varieties inasmuch as it deals with substances occupying prades' as from one to asankhya. The latter is, roughly speaking, divided into eight types beginning with angula and going up to yojana. These types are mutually connected as under:
6 angulas1 = 1 pāda (pāya)
2 pādas
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vitastis
ratnis
kuksis
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Asankhya samayas Sankhyāta avalikās
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2000 dhanuṣyas,, gavyūta (gaüä)
4 gavyūtas,, yojana(joyana)
7 prāņas 7 stokas
77 lavas 3773 ucchvāsas
30 muhurtas
15 ahoratras 2 pakṣas
2 māsas
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= ""
ratni (rayani)
=,, kukşi (kucchi)
=,, dhanuşya (dhaṇukka)
I ucchväsa+
I niśvāsa
vitasti (vihatthi)
Just as dravya-pramāna and kṣetra-pramana as well, are of two kinds, so is kāla-pramāna, its two kinds being (1) prades'anispanna and (2) vibhāganiṣpanna. The former nas asankhya varieties as it deals with substances lasting from one samaya to asankhyāta samayas. The latter has several subdivisions such as (1) samaya, (2) āvalikā, (3) muhūrta, (4) ahorātra, (5) pakṣa, (6) māsa, (7) ṛtu, (8) ayana, (9) samvatsara (year), (10) yuga, (11) purvānga etc. These are related as under:
I avalikā (avaliya)
= niśvāsa (nīsāsa) or
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=,, prāņa (pāna)
stoka (thova)
lava
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ار =
= muhurta (mulutta)
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11
I ucchväsa (usāsa)
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ahoratra (ahoratta) paksa (pakkha)
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=,, māsa
=,, ṛtu (u)
1 Angula is of three kinds: (a) atmängula, (b) pramānāngula and (e) utsedhangula. The last has several subdivisions. For information in this connection the reader may refer to my Arhatadars'anadipika (pp. 78-80).
2 Cf. Anuyogadvärasutra (sūtra 133).
3 For further subdivisions see supra (pp. xvii-xx of this introduction).