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description of it occurs in the Cūrni and the V?tti on the Nandisūtra. But the Vrtti on the Paksikasūtra describes it as follows: "Tamdulaveyaliyam ti tandulānām varşaśatāyuskapuruşapratidinabhogyānām samkhyāvicarenopalakṣito granthavišeşah Tandulavaicārikam iti /” (folio 63).
From the beginning (i.e. from p. 35) up to 6th line on p. 47, there is an elaborate treatment of the following topics, viz. length of time a living being spends in an embryo, nature of a womb proper for the formation of an embryo, the highest fading time of a womb and seman, number of fathers, the highest length of time a living being spends in an embryo, the sex-male, female, etc.—of a living being in an embryo, formation of an embryo and evolution of a living being in an embryo, taking food by a living being in an embryo and its digestion, limbs related with the parents of a living being in an embryo, the next birth—in the infernal class or the divine class--of a living being dying in an embryo, four types of embryos, transfer of an embryo, nature of a living being's stay in an embryo, ten states of centinarians, discrimination between happiness and misery and practice of religion in the ten states of life, degeneration of a human body and its bone-structure in the present time, and praise of religious people. In pages 47-48, having calculated the number of grains of rice a normal individual would consume in the course of hundred years of his life, it calculates the bulk of clothes he wears and the quantity of unctuous food as also of salt he consumes. In pages 49-50, it explains measures of time, viz. samaya, avalikā, etc. and the technique of making a clock by which hours are known. Further, on page 50, it gives the numbers of months, fortnights and days of a year as also the numbers of breaths of a day, a month, a year and a century. In pp. 51-54 it expounds the nature of transitariness, the nature of a human body, and the ugliness and filthiness of a human body. In pp. 54-60, it describes limbs of a female body, mentions characteristics indicating incapability of a living being for the liking of the religious sermons, reflects on the utter helplessness of living beings in the face of death, sings the glory of religion and gives concluding remarks.
3. Camdāvejjhayam painnayam: This Prakirnaka consists of 175 gāthās. It is mentioned in the Nandisūtra and the Pāksikasītra. No description of it occurs in either the Nandisūtracūrni or the Nandisūtravịtti. But the Vrtti on the Pākşikasūtra describes it as follows: "Camdavejjhayam ti iha candrah yantraputrikākşigolako grhyate, tathā ā maryadayā vidhyata iti ävedhyam, tad evāvedhyakam, candralaksanam āvedhyakaṁ candrāvedhyakam, rādhavedha ity arthah / tad upamānamaranárādhanápratipadako granthavisesah candravedhyakam iti /” (folio 63).
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