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more than one star Antar-Mubūrta, the minimum of which is nine The Samayas and maximum is 48 minutes minus one instant."
Regarding the three modes of taking food-materials viza 1. TUTTET Ojābāra, Food-material derived from blood of the mother 2. STATUT Lomāhāra, Food-material obtained through the innumerable pores of the skin, and 3. TIETT Praksèpāhāra or
olare Kavalāhāra, Taking of food-material by mouth. All
afa A-paryāpta, Undeveloped, one-sensed, two-sensed, threesensed, four-eensed and five-sensed (undeveloped) living beings are the Ojāhāri, capable of taking food-material from their seat of production. All rofa Paryāpta, Doveloped living beings including qofa Paryāpta, Developed one-sensed beings, ATT Närakas, Hellish Beings and as Devas, Celestial beings have
THIETT Lomāhāra, Food-material obtained through the pores of the skin; and pufar fascer Paryāptā Beindriya, two-sensed, fast Tèindriya, three-sensed, TFT Caurendriya, four-sensed,
er falla Pancèndriya Tiryanca, five-sensed sub-humans, and y et HH Pancendriya Manusya, Human beings, take TIKIT Kavalāhāra, Food-material by mouth.
Celestial beings take STATET Lomāhāra, Food-material by the pores of the skin. yaua Bhuvana-pati and 277 Vyantara celestial beings with the minimum age-limit of ten thousand years, experience a desire for food at an interval of one day and one night, and they fulfil their desire with excellent y Acitta, Lifeless materials. Celestial beings with an age-limit of more than ten thousands years up to something less than one Sāgaropam, take their food at an interval of two to nine days, upto one thousand years for celestial beings with an age-limit of one Sāgaropam. The limit advancing further by 2 to 9 days for each increase of every Samaya in age beyond ten thousand years, goes on inoreasing till a limit of an interval of one thousand years between each meal is reached for an age-limit of one Sāgara.
Celestial beings with an age-limit of one Sāgaropam and
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