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above riz some Bhuvana-pati and Vyantara gods and all Vaimā. nika, Grairdyaka and Anuttara Vaimānika gods take their foodmaterial at an interval of as many thousand years as they have an age-limit in Sāgaras. Thus - Vaimānika celestial beings with an age-limit of four Sāgaropams take their food at an interval of four thousand years, and gods of Anuttara Vimanas with an age-limit of 33 Sāgarupams take their food at an interval of thirty-three thousand years.
Respiration. With regard to respiration, celestial beings with an agelimit of ten thousand years, take a respiration at an interval of seven mi Stokas, or one e Lava, a period of time taken by 49 respirations of an adult human being.
Celestial beings with an age-limit of more than ten thousand years upto some-thing less than one Sāgaropam take a respiration at an interval of one gute Muhūrta Prithaktva,-A period of two to nine muhûrtas upto one fortnight,-for celestial beings with an age-limit of one Sāgaropam. The limit advancing further by 2 to 9 mubūrtas, for increase of every Samaya in age beyond ten thousand years, goes on increasing till a limit of an interval of one fortnight between each respiration is reached for an agelimit of one Sāgaropam.
All the celestial beings with an age-limit of one Sāgaropam and beyond, take a respiration at an interval of as many fortnights as they have an age-limit in Sāgaropams. Thus -Vaimā. nika celestial beings with an age-limit of four Sāgaropams take a respiration at an interval of four fortnights, and gods of Anuttara Vimănas with an age-limit of 33 Sagaropams, take a respiration at an interval of thirty-three fortnights.
Lośyā. The six thought-tints produced by a particular activity of the Soul, by means of which, it is tinted with que Punya, Merit, and are Papa, Demerit, are called TTS Lèśyas. The colour of the Karmans or of the souls affected by them is
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