Book Title: Tattvartha Sutra
Author(s): Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ CHAPTER FOUR 157 and 66975 crores multipled by crore tārās. Although it follows from the precisely fixed nature of the loka itself that the Vimānas of Jyotiskas are always automatically on the move, yet with a view to making manifest their specific prosperity as also owing to the manifestation of the nāma-karma designated ābhiyogya or sevaka certain gods of a playful disposition raise those Vimānas as if to support them and thus move about. Thus in the front the lion-shaped gods, on the right side the elephant-shaped ones, at the back the bull-shaped ones, on the left side the horse-shaped ones keep touching those Vimānas from below and thus move about. 14. The Division of Time : The various types of usage as to time—e.g. muhūrta, day and night, fortnight, month etc., past, present etc., as also numerable, non-numerable etc. take place only within the confines of the Manusyaloka and not outside it. Even if there be someone outside the Manusyaloka to resort to the usage in question as to time and even if he actually resorts to such usage all this happens in accordance with the corresponding usage current in the Manusyaloka; for the chief basis of a practical division of time is but determinate activity and this activity is nothing but the motion of the Jyotiskas like Sūryas, Candras, etc. However, motion does not characterize the Jyotiskas seated at whatever place but only those seated within the confines of the Manusyaloka. Hence it is upheld that the division of time depends on but a specific motion of the Jyotiskas. The gross divisions of time like day, night, fortnight etc., since they depend on a determinate motion of the Jyotiskas, can be known through this motion; but the subtle divisions of time like samaya, āvalikā etc. cannot be known through it. At a particular place the usage as to day takes place on the basis of an activity of the form of motion on the part of the sun beginning from the time it first comes in sight and continuing upto the time it goes out of sight—that is, during the interval of time that stretches from sunrise upto sunset. Similarly, the usage as to night takes place on the basis of an activity of the Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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