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and death, good and evil, etc. That is, it furnishes an account of the four kinds of narration (kathanī, viz. ūkshepanī, vikshepanī, samvedanī, nirvedanī). It has 9,316,000 padas.
11. The Vipäka-sütru-ungu contains an exposition of the bondage, fruition, and continuance of karmus, and of their intensity or mildness from the point of view of drarya, kshetra, kālu, and whāru. It has 18,400,000 padus.
12. The Drishti-provāda-nga has 1,086,856,005 padas. It is divided into fire parts: five Purikarmas, Sūtru, Prathamānuyoga, fourteen Pūrvu-gatus, and fire Chūlikvis. These five parts will be considered one by one.
A. Five Parikumus 1. The Chandra-prajñapti purikurma contains accounts of the motion, period, satellites of the moon; the variations of lunar days and months; and the celestial influence of the moon; its eclipses, etc. This has 3,605,000 pudus.
2. The Sūryu-prujñupti deals with the greatness, influences, satellites, etc., of the sun. It has 503,000 pudas.
3. The Jambi-dvīpa-prajñapti contains an account of Jambū-dvīpa with its Meru Mount, mountain ranges, lakes, rivers, etc. It has 325,000 pudus.
1. The Drīpa-prajñapti contains an account of all the continents and seas and the residences of the Bhavana-vāsin, Vyantara, Jyotisha kinds of gods, and the sites of Jaina temples. It has 5,236,000 padas.
