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62. पंचसंवच्छरिए णं जुगे बावढेि पुण्णिमातो बावटुिं 1अमावासातो [पण्णत्तातो]। वासुपुजस्स णं अरहतो बावटुिं गणा बावड़ेि गणहरा होत्था। सुक्कपक्खस्स णं चंदे बावड़ेि बावढेि भागे दिवसे दिवसे परिवड्डति, ते चेव बहुलपक्खे दिवसे दिवसे परिहायति।सोहम्मीसाणेसु कप्पेसु पढमे पत्थडे 'पढमावलियाए एगमेगाए दिसाए बावटुिं बावढेि विमाणा पण्णत्ता। सव्वे वेमाणियाणं बावहिँ विमाणपत्थडा पत्थडग्गेणं पण्णत्ता।।
___Sixty-two full moon [nights] and sixty-two moonless [nights] are [expounded) in the pentad-year cycle of yuga year. Seer Vāsupūjya had sixtytwo groups and sixty-two direct-disciples. The moon of bright fort-night', increases sixty two parts daily and during dark fortnight it decreases by the same (proportion) daily. In each direction of the first row (āvalikā) of the first stratum (prastata) in the paradises Saudharma and īśāna, sixty-two abodes (vimāna) are expounded. In all, sixty-two stratum of abodes of all the mansion gods are expounded.
1. "वसातो खं० जेसं०॥ 2. पण्णतातो मु० विना नास्ति। 3 "आवश्यके तु षट्षष्टि रुक्तेति मतान्तरमिदमपीति"-अटी०॥ 4. पढमावलिया एग जे० हे १ ला २ अटीपा०॥ “पढमावलियाए ति ..... प्रथमावलिकाकः, तत्र अथवा प्रथमात् मूलभूताद् विमानेन्द्रकादारभ्य याऽसावावलिका विमानानुपूर्वी, तया, अथवा ..... प्रथमा आद्यावलिका, तस्याम्, पढमावलिय त्ति पाठान्तरे तु ..... प्रथमावलिका सा द्विषष्टिर्द्विषष्टिर्विमानानि प्रमाणेन प्रज्ञप्तेति"-अटी०॥ ..
Notes A. The pertad year yuga cycle consists of three lunar years and two increased years. A lunar year has twelve lunar months and an increased year has thisteen months. Thirty-six months of the three lunar years have thirty-six full moon nights and thirty-six moonless nights. Likewise, twenty-six months of the two increased years have twenty-six full moon nights and twenty-six moonless nights. Thus aggregate, of both, the full moon and moonless nights, in a pentad year cycle (yuga), is 62 (36+26)". B. Instead of sixty-two groups and direct-disciples as mentioned in this text, Āvaśyakaniryukti" has mentioned sixty-six groups and direct-disciples of
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