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Viyahapannatti 1.1.11-12

Viyāhapannatti 1.1.11-12

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Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

1.1.11

neraiyāṇaṃ bhaṃte! kevaiyaṃ kālaṃ ṭhitī pannattā?
goyamā! jahanneṇaṃ dasa vāsasahassāiṃ, ukkoseṇaṃ tettīsaṃ sāgarovamāiṃ ṭhitī pannattā|
neraiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kevaikālassa āṇamaṃti vā? pāṇamaṃti vā? ūsasaṃti vā? nīsasaṃti vā? jahā ussāsapade|
neraiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! āhāraṭṭhī?
haṃtā goyamā! āhāraṭṭhī| jahā pannavaṇāe paḍhamae āhāruddesae tahā bhāṇiyavvaṃ–

“For what length of time, Venerable Sir, is the lifespan duration of the inhabitants of hell stated to be?” / “Gautama, the lifespan duration is stated to be a minimum of ten thousand years and a maximum of thirty-three sāgaropamas.” / “At what interval of time, Venerable Sir, do the inhabitants of hell inhale or exhale, breathe in or breathe out?” / “As [explained] in the section on respiration.” / “Are the inhabitants of hell, Venerable Sir, desirous of nourishment?” / “Yes, Gautama, they are desirous of nourishment; as stated in the first chapter on nourishment of the Prajñāpanā, so it should be recited—”

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1.1.12

ṭhii ussāsāhāre, kiṃ vā''hāreṃti savvao vāvi?
katibhāgaṃ savvāṇi va? kīsa va bhujjo pariṇamaṃti? ||

“Lifespan duration, respiration, nourishment; what do they consume, and is it from all [spatial units]? / What fraction, or do they consume everything? And into what do they transform it again?”

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