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than fourteen, in seventh (Mahäshukra) it is more than seventeen, in eighth (Sahasrär) it is more than eighteen, in ninth (Änat) and tenth (Pränat) it is more than twenty and in eleventh (Äran) and twelfth (Achyut) it is more than twentytwo. In Graiveyak realms the life span goes on increasing by one Sägaropam each till it reaches 31 Sägaropams in 9th Graiveyak. In four Anuttar realms it is 32 Sägaropams and in Sarvärrthasiddhi it is 33 Sägaropams.
TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
अपरा पल्योपममधिकं च ॥४- ३९ ॥
सागरोपमे ॥४-४०॥
3 feraha 118-8311
ura: ura: yaf yaftarı 118-8211
4.39: Aparä Palyopamamadhikam Cha
4.40: Sägaropame
4.41: Adhike Cha
4.42: Paratah Paratah Poorva Poorvä'nantarä
(The minimum life span is of Palyopam and more, two Sägaropams and more and identical to the maximum in the preceding lower realm.)
These sutras give the minimum life spans of Vaimänik beings. It is one Palyopam in the first realm, a little more in the second, two Sägaropams in the third and a little more in the fourth; it is more than seven Sägaropams in the fifth, more than ten in the sixth, more than fourteen in the seventh and more than seventeen in the eighth. It is more than eighteen Sägaropams in ninth and tenth, more than twenty in eleventh and twelfth, twenty-two in the first Graiveyak and so on till it
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