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Durational Bondage - • Āditastisrnāmantarāyasya ca trimiśtsāgaropamakoti
kotyaḥ parā sthitih || 15 || The maximum duration of the first three specific bondages – Jña
nāvaranīya, Darśanāvaranīya, Vedanīya - and that of Antarāya is Thirty-Kotākoti27 (30x10'4) Sāgaropama. (15)
Saptatirmohanīyasya || 16 || The maximum duration of the Mohanīya karma is Seventy-Kota
koti (70x10') Sāgaropama. (16) • Nāmagotrayorvimiśatih || 17 ||| The maximum duration of Nāma and Gotra karmas is Twenty
Kotākoti (20x10') Sāgaropama. (17)
• Trayamistrimśatsāgaropamānyāyuskasya || 18 || The maximum duration Āyusya-karma is Thirty-three
Sāgaropama. (15) • Aparā dvādaśamuhūrtā mohanīyasya || 19 || The minimum duration of Mohanīya-karma is twelve muhūrtas
(a period of 48 minutes). (19)
• Nāmagotrayorastau || 20 || The minimum duration of Náma and Gotra-karmas is eight
muhūrtas. (20) Śesāņāmantarmuhūrtam || 21 ||| The minimum duration of the rest of the karmas is that of an
Antarmuhurta (Less than 48 minutes) (21)
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1 Koti equals 107. Kotākoti means koti x koti i.e. 1044.
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