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अध्याय-३
The lifetimes for subhuman beings are mentioned next.
तिर्यग्योनिजानां च ॥३९॥
तिर्यंचों की आयु की उत्कृष्ट तथा जघन्य स्थिति उतनी ही (मनुष्यों जितनी) है।
The lifetimes of subhuman beings – tiryańca - are the same.
“Tiryagyoni' is the seat-of-birth (yoni) of subhuman beings. It means the birth attained on the rise of name-karma (nāmakarma) of the subhuman (tiryańca) state of existence. Those born in the subhuman (tiryańca) yoni aretiryagyonija. The maximum lifetime of tiryagyonija is three palyopama, and minimum is antarmuhūrta. Between these two extremes, there are many grades.
॥ इति तत्त्वार्थसूत्रापरनाममोक्षशास्त्रे तृतीयोऽध्यायः समाप्तः ॥
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