Viyahapannatti 20.8.795

20.8.795

eesi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! cauvīsāe titthagarāṇaṃ kati jiṇaṃtarā pannattā? goyamā! tevīsaṃ jiṇaṃtarā pannattā|
eesi ṇaṃ bhaṃte! tevīsāe jiṇaṃtaresu kassa kahiṃ kāliyasuyassa vīcchede pannatte?
goyamā! eesu ṇaṃ tevīsāe jiṇaṃtaresu purima-pacchimaesu aṭṭhasu-aṭṭhasu jinaṃtaresu ettha ṇaṃ kāliyasuyassa avvoccheye pannatte, majjhimaesu sattasu jinaṃtaresu ettha ṇaṃ kāliyasuyassa vocchede pannatte, savvattha vi ṇaṃ vocchiṇṇe diṭṭhivāe|

"Among these twenty-four tīrthaṅkaras, Venerable Sir, how many inter-Jina intervals are taught?"
"Gautama, twenty-three inter-Jina intervals are taught."
"Among these twenty-three inter-Jina intervals, Venerable Sir, for whom and where is the discontinuation of the kālika scripture taught?"
"Gautama, among these twenty-three inter-Jina intervals, here in the first eight and last eight inter-Jina intervals non-discontinuation of the kālika scripture is taught, while in the middle seven inter-Jina intervals discontinuation of the kālika scripture is taught; and everywhere indeed the Dṛṣṭivāda was discontinued."