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GOMMATASARA.
120. The gaining of the capacities starts simultaneously, but the completion (of each of them), is effected gradually within the period of one antar.muhúrta, which increases in the case of each succeeding one. (Yet their total period does not exceed one antar-muhúrta),
Commentary. Whatever time is taken in the completion of the first development (assimilation, Áhára), a numerable (Sankhyata) part of it being added to it gives the time taken by the next (body Sháríra) development. A numerable (Sankhyáta) part of the time taken by body developement being added to it gives the time taken by the senses (Indriya) development. A numerable part of the time taken in sense-development being added to it gives the time for the next respiration development, and so on till the 6th. It must be noted that the most complete development of all the capacities never takes more than one antar-muhúrta This is so because there are many kinds of an Antar-muhúrta, the minimum being an ávali and 1 Samaya and the maximum, 48 minutes minus 1 Samaya.
Let Sankhyata be, S.
The value of S may be different in the 6 developments. Let antar-muhúrta be A. At the first intstant of birth, the operation of the development of body-making-Karmas begins in a developable soul. It begins to develope all the 6 or less developments simultaneously. Assimilation development takes time A to be completed.
The body development takes
A( 1+1)
Senses
Respiration
,
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...
A( 1+ 5). Al 1 + 1 4
Speech
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Mind
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Each one of the six periods i.e. A to A( 1+) is an antarmuhúrta. And the total of all the six also is an antar-muhúrta.
The total - AS ( 1+5)-1 } If S is considered to be the same sankhayáta. If S is different, the total will be something else.
Now suppose S to be the minimum sankhayáta i.e. 2: and A to be the minimum antar-muhúrta i.e. one ávalí + 1 instant,
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