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96. एगमेगस्स णं रण्णो चाउरंतचक्कवट्टिस्स छण्णउतिं छण्णउतिं गामकोडीओ होत्था। वायुकुमाराणं छण्णउई भवणावाससतसहस्सा पण्णत्ता। वावहारिए णं दंडे छण्णउतिं अंगुलाणि अंगुलपमाणेणं, एवं धणू नालिया जुगे अक्खे मुसले वि। अब्भंतराओ आइमुहुत्ते छण्णउतिं अंगुलच्छाये पण्णत्ते।
[The domain of] each Universal monarch (victorious in all the) four quarters (of Bharat region) had ninety-six crore villages. Ninety-six lac dwellings of Vāyukumāra gods are expounded. The conventional danda (a unit of measure equal to four arm lengths) (comprises) ninety-six finger-breadths with respect to the measure of fingerbreadth. Likewise, (the length of] a bow, nālikā, yuga (a measure of length equal to four arms), akşa, mūšala sa measure equal to four arms] also [measure ninety-six fingerbreadths). [During Sun's motion on the inward orbit), the first muhūrta is expounded to be of the shadow of ninety-six finger breadth.
1. argoll 2. er , at 11 3. Bfarrat Toll
Notes
A. Of the total ninety-six lac dwellings of deities Vāyukumāra, fifty lac dwellings are in south and forty-six lac dwellings are in north. B. When sun is on the inward orbit, a day's duration is of eighteen muhurtas and shadow of the first muhurta is said to be of ninety-six fingers' breadth. Ācārya Abhayadevasūri, in his commentary has dealt with the measurement of shadow. According to him, when sun is on the innermost orbit, the duration of that day is eighteen muhūrtas. A cone of twelve-finger breadth's length measures the length of shadow. By first multiplying 18 x12=216, then dividing the sum by two and subtracting 12 from the quotient, i.e. 216/2 – 12= 96 fingerbreadth”.
1. Abhayadeva, p. 97. 2. Ibid.
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