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86. सुविहिस्स णं 'पुष्पदंतस्स अरहओ छलसीतिं गणा छलसीतिं गणहरा होत्था।सुपासस्स णं अरहतो छलसीतिं वाइसया होत्था। दोच्चाए णं पुढवीए बहुमज्झदेसभागाओ दोच्चस्स घणोदहिस्स हेट्ठिल्ले चरिमंते एस णं छलसीतिं जोयणसहस्साइं अबाहाए अंतरे पण्णत्ते। ..
Seer Suvidhi Puspadanta had eighty-six groups (gana) and eighty-six direct-disciples. Seer Supārsva had eighty-six hundred disputants. The uninterrupted distance between the middle portion of the second earth (Sugar lustre) and the bottom of its second (portion) Ghanodadhi is expounded eightysix thousand yojana.
1. पुष्य जे० ला १,२ हे १॥ पुष्फ खं० हे २ ॥ 2. सीति खं० हे १ ला २ ॥ 3. आबा जे०॥
Notes
A The number of groups and direct-disciples of Seer Suvidhi Puspadanta is expounded as eighty-eight in Āvaśyakaniryukti 266". .
1. Abhayadeva, p. 93.
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