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Kalachakra (Time Cycle)
Happy, happy ara
Happy, happy
ara
Happy ara
Happy
ara
Happy unhappy ara
Happy, unhappy ara
Unhappy, happy ara
Unhappy,
happy ara
Unhappy ara
Unhappy
ara Unhappy Unhappy, unhappy unhappy ara
ara
The six divisions of each half time cycle have a duration as follows:
Happy-happy 1,68,000 years; Happy 1,26,000 years; Happyunhappy 84,000 years; Unhappy-happy 42,000 years; Unhappy 21,000 years; and Unhappy-unhappy 21,000 years. Right now the world is in ara no. 5 of avasarpini period which
began about 2500 years ago. Jain scriptures indicate that the first and founder Tirthankar (Pathfinder) Adinath or Rishabhdev was born towards the end of ara 3 of the descent period namely happy-unhappy. The other 23 Tirthankaras and eleven Chakravartis were born during ara 4
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