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Jaina Conception of Space and Time
(5) The part characterised by some misery but absolutely no happiness (dusamā)
(6) The part characterised by the greatest misery (dusama-dusama)
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It is noteworthy that the Jainas have not recognised the possibility of the following two parts: (1) the part chatacterised by absolute absence of both happiness and misery, (2) the part characterised by exactly equal quantities of both happiness and misery. The abovementioned aix parts in the reverse order constitute the six parts of the period of progress. During the period of progress the bodily strength, bodily height and life-span gradually increase. During the period of decadence the living beings gradually lose their bodily strength, bodily height and life-span. Each such period of progress and decadence is ten crores of crores of ocean Time. The two periods together constitute one complete round of Time Cycle. This one round is called Kalpa.
