[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [The Śvetāmbara canon (Siddhānta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta) › [The twelve Aṅgas ("limbs")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga) › [Viyahapannatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5) › 2.5.128 # Viyahapannatti 2.5.128 Viyāhapannatti 2.5.128 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [2.5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.2.5.128) egajīvassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! egabhavaggahaṇeṇaṃ kevaiyā jīvā puttattāe havvamāgacchaṃti? goyamā! jahanneṇaṃ ekko vā do vā tinni vā, ukkoseṇaṃ sayasahassapuhattaṃ jīvā ṇaṃ puttattāe havvamāgacchaṃti| se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–jahanneṇaṃ ekko vā do vā tinni vā, ukkoseṇaṃ sayasahassapuhattaṃ jīvā ṇaṃ puttattāe havvamāgacchaṃti? goyamā! itthīe purisassa ya kammakaḍāe joṇīe mehuṇavattie nāmaṃ saṃjoe samuppajjai| te duhao siṇehaṃ ciṇaṃti, ciṇittā tattha ṇaṃ jahanneṇaṃ ekko vā do vā tinni vā, ukkoseṇaṃ sayasahassapuhattaṃ jīvā ṇaṃ puttattāe havvamāgacchaṃti| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai–jahanneṇaṃ ekko vā do vā tiṇṇiṃ vā, ukkoseṇaṃ sayasahassapuhattaṃ jīvā ṇaṃ puttattāe havvāmāgacchaṃti| > "Venerable Sir, to a single jīva in a single assumption of existence, how many jīvas come to be sons?" > "Gautama, at the minimum one, or two, or three; at the maximum, several hundred thousand jīvas come to be sons." > "For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'At the minimum one, or two, or three; at the maximum, several hundred thousand jīvas come to be sons'?" > "Gautama, in the karma-produced womb of a woman and a man, the union called copulatory activity arises. They both accumulate fluids; having accumulated \[them\], there at the minimum one, or two, or three, \[and\] at the maximum several hundred thousand jīvas come to be sons. For that reason, Gautama, it is said: 'At the minimum one, or two, or three; at the maximum, several hundred thousand jīvas come to be sons.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.2.5.127) - [Next: 2.5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.2.5.129) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.2.5) ## Translations (3) - [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.2.5.128) — Hindi - [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.2.5.128) — Gujarati - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.2.5.128) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.200) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati - [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v5.p146) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.2.5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.2.5.128) · Pramāṇa