[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) › 6.7.309 # Viyahapannatti 6.7.309 Viyāhapannatti 6.7.309 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [6.7.309](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.309) anaṃtāṇaṃ paramāṇupoggalāṇaṃ samudaya-samiti-samāgameṇaṃ sā egā ussaṇhasaṇhiyā i vā, saṇhasaṇhiyā i vā, uḍḍhareṇū i vā, tasareṇū i vā, rahareṇū i vā, vālagge i vā, likkhā i vā, jūyā i vā, javamajjhe i vā, aṃgule i vā| aṭṭha ussaṇhasaṇhiyāo sā egā saṇhasaṇhiyā, aṭṭha saṇhasaṇhiyāo sā egā uḍḍhareṇū, aṭṭha uḍḍhareṇūo sā egā tasareṇū, aṭṭha tasareṇūo sā egā rahareṇū, aṭṭha rahareṇūo se ege devakuru-uttarakurugāṇaṃ manussāṇaṃ vālagge; evaṃ harivāsa-rammaga-hemavaya-erannavayāṇaṃ, puvvavidehāṇaṃ manussāṇaṃ aṭṭha vālaggā sā egā likkhā, aṭṭha likkhāo sā egā jūyā, aṭṭha jūyāo se ege javamajjhe, aṭṭha javamajjhā se ege aṃgule| eeṇaṃ aṃgulapamāṇeṇaṃ cha aṃgulāṇi pādo, bārasa aṃgulāiṃ vihatthī, cauvīsaṃ aṃgulāiṃ rayaṇī, aḍayālīsaṃ aṃgulāiṃ kucchī, channauttiṃ aṃgulāṇi se ege daṃḍe i vā, dhaṇū i vā, jūe i vā, nāliyā i vā, akkhe i vā, musale i vā| eeṇaṃ dhaṇuppamāṇeṇaṃ do dhanusahassāiṃ gāuyaṃ, cattāri gāuyāiṃ joyaṇaṃ| eeṇaṃ joyaṇappamāṇeṇaṃ je palle joyaṇaṃ āyāma-vikkhaṃbheṇaṃ, joyaṇaṃ uḍḍhaṃ uccatteṇaṃ, taṃ tiuṇaṃ, savisesaṃ pariraeṇaṃ– se ṇaṃ egā-hiya-behiya-tehiya, ukkosaṃ sattarattapparūḍhāṇaṃ saṃmaṭṭhe saṃnicie bharie vālaggakoḍīṇaṃ| te ṇaṃ vālagge no aggī dahejjā, no vāto harejjā, no kucchejjā, no parividdhaṃsejjā, no pūtittāe havvamāgacchejjā| tao ṇaṃ vāsasae-vāsasae gate egamegaṃ vālaggaṃ avahāya jāvatieṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ se palle khīṇe nirae nimmale niṭṭhie nilleve avahaḍe visuddhe bhavai| se ttaṃ paliovame| > Through the gathering, aggregation, and coalescence of infinite atom-pudgalas, there is one ucchla-ślakṣṇa-ślakṣṇikā, or ślakṣṇa-ślakṣṇikā, or ūrdhvareṇu, or trasareṇu, or rathareṇu, or hair-tip, or likṣā, or louse, or barley-middle, or aṅgula. > Eight ucchla-ślakṣṇa-ślakṣṇikās make one ślakṣṇa-ślakṣṇikā; eight ślakṣṇa-ślakṣṇikās make one ūrdhvareṇu; eight ūrdhvareṇus make one trasareṇu; eight trasareṇus make one rathareṇu; eight rathareṇus make one hair-tip of the human beings of Devakuru and Uttarakuru; likewise for \[the human beings of\] Harivarṣa, Ramyaka, Haimavata, and Hairaṇyavata; eight hair-tips of the human beings of Pūrvavideha make one likṣā; eight likṣās make one louse; eight lice make one barley-middle; eight barley-middles make one aṅgula. > By this measure of an aṅgula, six aṅgulas are a foot (pāda); twelve aṅgulas are a span (vidasti); twenty-four aṅgulas are a cubit (aratni); forty-eight aṅgulas are a kukṣi; ninety-six aṅgulas are a daṇḍa, or bow (dhanus), or yoke (yuga), or nālikā, or axle (akṣa), or pestle (musala). > By this measure of a bow, two thousand bows are a gavyūta; four gavyūtas are a yojana. > By this measure of a yojana, a pit (palya) that is one yojana in length and breadth, one yojana high in depth, \[and\] thrice that, somewhat more, in circumference—that pit is packed, closely filled, and crowded to the brim with crores of hair-tips grown from one day, two days, three days, \[up to\] at most seven days. > Those hair-tips fire would not burn, wind would not carry away, they would not decay, they would not decompose, they would not quickly reach putrefaction. > Then, as each century passes, removing one single hair-tip, the time in which that pit becomes depleted, free of dirt, clean, exhausted, devoid of residue, evacuated, and completely empty—that is a palyopama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7.308](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.308) - [Next: 6.7.310](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.310) - [Up: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7) ## Translations (3) - [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.6.7.309) — Hindi - [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.6.7.309) — Gujarati - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.6.7.309) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.446) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati - [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v5.p297) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.309](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.309) · Pramāṇa