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take more than one Antar-Muhūrta, the minimum of whioh is nine samayas, and maximum is forty-eigh tminutes, minus one sąmaya But a completelyundevelopable (LabJhi Aparyāptaka (afparfa ) soal does not complete its capacity ot develop and dies within one Antar-Muhurta which is one-eighteenth of one pulse-beat.
The right place of enjoying the benign fruits of good actions dond by human beings and lower animals, is Dova-loka at, Celestial abodes,-and place of enduring the hardships of evil actions done by them, is Nāraka Bhumi-ar Hell.
The Nārakas live under-ground. The middle world of the universe is the region occupied by human beings and the subhuman beings. The middle of the Upper World is the region of heavenly beings.
THE UNIVERSE. The Universe is 14 Rajus high, 7 Rajus at the base with a thickness, which at its base is 7 Rajus; then it gradually decreases to one Raju at the height of 7 Rajus i. e. at the Middle of the Universe, where the Middle World i. e. the region of the human and sub-human beings is situated.
Then, it gradually grows to a thickness of 5 Rajus at the point where the sixth heaven ends and which marks the Middle of the Upper Worla or the region of heavenly beings. Finally, it gradually decreases to a thickness of one Raju at the top of the Universe i. e. 14 Rajus high above the base, 7 Rajus high above the Middle World and 34 Rajus high above the sixth heaven. It is here that the Siddha Kþetra or the Region of Eternally Liberated Souls is situated. This is at the top of the Universe.
The whole universe is enveloped in three atmespheres, oalled the Váta Valayas 1 or wind-sheaths. They are:
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