ཚའ་མཐའ་མད notes.140
The Limits of Life notes.140
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140. According to the Tib. The Skt. has two separate paragraphs for the two categories, the asaṃjñā-satvāḥ and the avṛhā devāḥ (Matsumura 1989, 86, nos. [57] and [58] respectively) and gives different lifespans for each: five hundred and one thousand eons, respectively. The Skt. reads in English translation, “Precisely that—i.e., five hundred eons—is also the lifespan of the Insentient Beings. Premature death does occur. The lifespan of the devas of the Unlofty Heaven is one thousand years. Premature death does occur.” According to Matsumura (1989, 86, n. on [57]) the Chinese translation confirms the Sanskrit version.