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KALPA SÚTRA.
EPOCHS OF THE INTERMEDIATE
TÎRTHAKARAS. Since the time that the Arhat Nami died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains, 584,979 years have elapsed, this is the eightieth yearl. (184) Since the death of Munisuvrata this is the year 1,184,980. Since Malli? this is the year 6,584,980. Ara died 10,000,000 years before Malli; Kunthu a quarter of a Palyopama before Malli; Sânti threequarters of a Palyopama; Dharma three Sâgaropamas before Malli; Ananta seven Sågaropamas before Malli; Vimala sixteen Sâgaropamas before Malli; Vâsupag ya forty Sâgaropamas before Malli; Sreyâmsa a hundred Sâgaropamas before Malli. Sitala died a krore of Sâgaropamas, less 42,003 years and eight and a half months, before the death of Vira. Suvidhi, surnamed Pushpadanta, died ten krores of Sâgaropamas before Sitala ; Kandraprabha a hundred krores of Sâgarupamas before Sitala; Supârsva a thousand krores of Sâgaropamas before Sitala; Padmaprabha ten thousand krores of Sâgaropamas before Sitala ; Sumati one hundred thousand krores of Sâgaropamas before Sitala; Abhinanda na one million krores of Sâgaropamas before Sitala; Sambhava two million krores of Sâgaropamas before Sitala ; Agita five million krores of Sâgaropamas before Sitala. (185-203)
" The numbers are given in the same way as in § 183. I have abridged these tedious accounts. All Tîrthakaras except Mahâvîra have the title Arhat, which I have dropped in the sequel.
* Read Malli (for Mali) in the printed edition of the text.
