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53. देवकुरु - उत्तर कुरियातो' 'जीवातो तेवण्णं २ जोयणसहस्साइं साइरेगाई आयामेणं पण्णत्तातो । महाहिमवंत-रुप्पीणं वासहरपव्वयाणं जीवातो तेवण्णं २ जोयणसहस्साइं नव य 2 एक्कतीसे जोयणसते छच्च एकूणवीसतिभाए जोयणस्स आयामेणं पण्णत्तातो । समणस्स णं भगवतो महावीरस्स तेवणं अणगारा संवच्छरपरियाया पंचसु अणुत्तरेसु 'महतिमहालएसु महाविमाणेसु देवत्ताते उववन्ना । संमुच्छिम 'उरगपरिसप्पाणं उक्कोसेणं तेवण्णं वाससहस्साई ठिती पण्णत्ता ।
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The length of bow-strings (jīvā) of Devakuru and Uttarakuru are expounded as over fifty three thousand yojana. The length of the bow-strings of the mountains Mahāhimavanta and Rukmi, bordering the region, is expounded as fifty three thousand nine hundred thirty one by six upon nineteen yojana (53931 ). Fifty-three monks, of the [Order of] Venerable Ascetic Mahavira, after passing one year as a monk^, were manifested as gods in the five excellent celestial abodes (anuttaravimāna) of great dimensions. The longevity, at the most, of reptile beings, born without copulation is expounded as fifty three thousand years.
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1. 'कुरुयातो हे १, २ ला २ मु० ॥ 2. तीसे खं० ॥
3. महतिमहालएसु नास्ति जे० ॥ 4. उरपरि खंसं० मु० । उरेप्पाणं ला १ ॥
Notes
A. This aphorism refers to fifty-three monks of one-year initiation. This is not confirmed by any other source. However, Anuttaraupapātikasūtra mentions thirty three monks of many years initiation.
1. Abhayadeva, p. 72.
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