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the case of one particular soul it turns out to be antarmuhurta1 at the least and apārdhapudgala-parāvarta2 at the most.
TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA
For samyaktva, when vomitted—that is, lost once, can be regained after an antarmuhurta at the earliest; and if that does not happen it must necessarily be regained by the end of an apardha-pudgalaparāvarta. However, when calculation is made in the case of all the souls taken together then there is no empty interval at all so far as samyak-darśana is concerned, for amongst the so many souls there must always be some that are possessed of samyak-darśana. (13) Bhāva or condition-resulting from the presence or otherwise of karma-samyaktva is to be found under three karmic conditions-viz. that resulting from the subsidence of a karma, that resulting from its subsidence-cum-destruction that resulting from its destruction. These conditions are respectively generated by the subsidence, subsidence-cum-destruction and destruction of the darśanamohaṇīya karma that acts as concealment of samyaktva. It is these conditions that are indicative of the relative purity of the different cases of samyaktva. Thus samyaktva resulting from the subsidence-cumdestruction of the karma in question is purer than that resulting
1. Antarmuhurta is the period of time greater than an avali and less than a muhurta. An avali plus one samaya makes up the minimum antarmuhurta a muhūrta minus one samaya makes up the maximum antarmuhurta, the intermediate periods constitute the medium antarmuhurta. This is according to the Digambara tradition. See Tiloyapannatti 4-2-88; Jivakända gāthās 573-575. According to the Svetāmbara tradition nine samayas make up the minimum antarmuhurta all the remaining periods being treated as the same (i. e. as non-minimum antarmuhurta).
2. A soul appropriates material particles and transforms them into body, speech, manas or internal organ, and breath. When in the case of a particular soul it so happens that it appropriates all the existing material particles of the universe and releases them after transforming them into each of the types of body except the āhāraka type also into speech, manas and breath-then the period of time required for all this is the period, technically called pudgalaparāvarta. A period somewhat lesser than this is called apardha pudgalaparāvarta.
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