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more (i, e., minus 2 or more instants till the result is one Ávalí and one Samaya) is one Bhinna or (Antar)-muhúrta.
Commentary. The minimum antar-muhúrta is one Ávalí and one Samaya. Then follow innumerable medium Antar-muhúrtas. The maximum is one muhurta minus one Samaya.
दिवसो पक्खो मासो उडु अयणं वस्तमेवमादी हु। संखेज्जासंखज्जाणंताओ होदि ववहारो॥५७६ ॥ दिवसः पक्षो मास ऋतुरयनं वर्षमेवमादिर्हि । संख्येयासंख्येयानन्ता भवति व्यवहारः॥ ५७६ ॥
576. (30 Muhúrtas make) one day (and night). (15 days and nights make) one fortnight, (2 fortnights make) one month. (2 months make) one season (Ritu), (3 seasons or Ritu make) one half year (Ayana). (2 ayana make) one year, and there are other (measures of time), the numer. able, innumerable and infinite divisions of practical time (Vyavahára Kála).
क्वहारो पुण कालो माणुसखेत्तम्हि जाणिदव्यो दु। जोइसियाणं चारे ववहारो खलु समाणोत्ति ॥ ५७७॥ व्यवहारः पुनः कालो मानुषक्षेत्रे ज्ञातव्यस्तु । ज्योतिष्काणां चारे व्यवहारः खलु समान इति ॥ ५७७॥
577. But this practical time (Vyavahára Kála) should be known in the human region (2) continents up to the Mánushottara Mountain); because the practical (time) corresponds to the movements of the stellars (with their abodes Vimána).
ववहारो पुण तिविहो तीदो वदंतगो भविस्सो दु । तीदो संखेज्जावलिहदसिद्धाणं पमाणो दु॥५७८ ॥ व्यवहारः पुनस्त्रिविध अतीतो वर्तमानो भविष्यंस्तु । अतीत: संख्येयावलिहतसिद्धानां प्रमाणं तु ॥ ५७८ ॥
578. Practical time is further of 3 kinds, past, present and future. Past time (is equal) to the number of
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