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Appendix-1
Figure of Worldly Time-Cycle (Applicable to Bharata and Airāvata Regions)
(not to scale)
Descending ha
ding half-cycle
ending half-cycle
Ascending ha
3
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4
Ascending (utsarpiņī) half-cycle 1) duşamā-duşamā, of 21000 years
duration; 2) duşamā, of 21000 years duration; 3) duşamā-suşamā, of 1 kotikoti
sāgaropama minus 42000 years
duration; 4) suşama-duşamă, of 2 kotikoti
sägaropama duration; 5) susamă, of 3 kotikoti sāgaropama
duration; and 6) suşamā-suşamā, of 4 kotikoti
sägaropama duration.
Descending (avasarpiņi) half-cycle 1) suşamā-suşamā, of 4 kotikoti
sāgaropama duration; 2) suşamā, of 3 kotikoti sāgaropama
duration; 3) susamă-duşamā, of 2 kotikoti
sāgaropama duration; 4) duşamā-suşamă, of 1 kotikoti
sāgaropama minus 42000 years
duration; 5) duşamā, of 21000 years duration; and 6) duşamā-duşamā, of 21000 years
duration
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