[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 # Viyahapannatti 6.7: Uddeśaka 7: śālī Viyāhapannatti 6.7 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### Uddeśaka 7: śālī ### [6.7.302](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.302) aha bhaṃte! sālīṇaṃ, vīhīṇaṃ, godhūmāṇaṃ, javāṇaṃ, javajavāṇaṃ– eesi ṇaṃ dhannāṇaṃ koṭṭhāuttāṇaṃ pallā-uttāṇaṃ maṃcāuttāṇaṃ mālāuttāṇaṃ olittāṇaṃ littāṇaṃ pihiyāṇaṃ muddiyāṇaṃ laṃchiyāṇaṃ kevatiyaṃ kālaṃ joṇī saṃciṭṭhai? goyamā! jahanneṇaṃ aṃtomuhuttaṃ, ukkoseṇaṃ tinni saṃvaccharāiṃ| teṇa paraṃ joṇī pamilāyai, teṇa paraṃ joṇī paviddhaṃsai, teṇa paraṃ bīe abīe bhavati, teṇa paraṃ joṇīvocchede pannatte samaṇāuso| aha bhaṃte! kala-masūra-tila- mugga-māsa- nipphāva-kulattha- ālisaṃdaga-satīṇa- palimaṃthagamāīṇaṃ–eesi ṇaṃ dhannāṇaṃ koṭṭhāuttāṇaṃ pallāuttāṇaṃ maṃcāuttāṇaṃ mālāuttāṇaṃ olittāṇaṃ littāṇaṃ pihiyāṇaṃ muddiyāṇaṃ laṃchiyāṇaṃ kevatiyaṃ kālaṃ joṇī saṃciṭṭhai? goyamā! jahanneṇaṃ aṃtomuhuttaṃ, ukkoseṇaṃ paṃca saṃvaccharāiṃ| teṇa paraṃ joṇī pamilāyai, teṇa paraṃ joṇī paviddhaṃsai, teṇa paraṃ bīe abīe bhavati, teṇa paraṃ joṇīvocchede pannatte samaṇāuso| aha bhaṃte! ayasi-kusuṃbhaga-koddava-kaṃgu-varaga-rālaga-koddūsaga-saṇa-sarisava-mūlābīyamāīṇaṃ–eesi ṇaṃ dhannāṇaṃ koṭṭhāuttāṇaṃ pallāuttāṇaṃ maṃcāuttāṇaṃ mālāuttāṇaṃ olittāṇaṃ littāṇaṃ pihiyāṇaṃ muddiyāṇaṃ laṃchiyāṇaṃ kevatiyaṃ kālaṃ joṇī saṃciṭṭhai? goyamā! jahanneṇaṃ aṃtomuhuttaṃ, ukkoseṇaṃ satta saṃvaccharāiṃ| teṇa paraṃ joṇī pamilāyai, teṇa paraṃ joṇī paviddhaṃsai, teṇa paraṃ bīe abīe bhavati, teṇa paraṃ joṇīvocchede pannatte samaṇāuso| > “Now, Venerable Sir, of śāli rice, vīhi rice, wheat, barley, and double-barley—for how long does the generative capacity remain for these grains kept in granaries, kept in storage pots, kept on platforms, kept in lofts, plastered, smeared, covered, sealed, and stamped?” > “Gautama! At the minimum for an antarmuhūrta, at the maximum for three years. Beyond that, the generative capacity languishes; beyond that, the generative capacity is destroyed; beyond that, the seed becomes non-seed; beyond that, cessation of generative capacity is declared, long-lived Śramaṇa! > Now, Venerable Sir, of peas, lentils, sesame, mung beans, māṣa beans, niṣpāva beans, horse-gram, cowpeas, chickpea-varieties, chickpeas, and the like—for how long does the generative capacity remain for these grains kept in granaries, kept in storage pots, kept on platforms, kept in lofts, plastered, smeared, covered, sealed, and stamped?” > “Gautama! At the minimum for an antarmuhūrta, at the maximum for five years. Beyond that, the generative capacity languishes; beyond that, the generative capacity is destroyed; beyond that, the seed becomes non-seed; beyond that, cessation of generative capacity is declared, long-lived Śramaṇa! > Now, Venerable Sir, of linseed, safflower, kodo millet, foxtail millet, panic seed, rālaga, koddūsaga, hemp, mustard, radish seeds, and the like—for how long does the generative capacity remain for these grains kept in granaries, kept in storage pots, kept on platforms, kept in lofts, plastered, smeared, covered, sealed, and stamped?” > “Gautama! At the minimum for an antarmuhūrta, at the maximum for seven years. Beyond that, the generative capacity languishes; beyond that, the generative capacity is destroyed; beyond that, the seed becomes non-seed; beyond that, cessation of generative capacity is declared, long-lived Śramaṇa!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.303](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.303) egamegassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! muhuttassa kevatiyā ūsāsaddhā viyāhiyā? goyamā! asaṃkhejjāṇaṃ samayāṇaṃ samudaya-samiti-samāgameṇaṃ sā egā āvaliya tti pavuccai, saṃkhejjā āvaliyā ūsāso, saṃkhejjā āvaliyā nissāso– > “Venerable Sir, how many durations of an inhalation are stated to be in each single muhūrta?” > “Gautama! By the aggregate, assembly, and concurrence of an innumerable number of samayas, that is called one āvalikā; a numerable number of āvalikās is an inhalation, and a numerable number of āvalikās is an exhalation—” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.304](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.304) haṭṭhassa aṇavagallassa, niruvakiṭṭhassa jaṃtuṇo | ege ūsāsa-nīsāse, esa pāṇu tti vuccai || > “For a joyful creature, not old, and free from torment, / one inhalation and exhalation—this is called one breath.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.305](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.305) satta pāṇūiṃ se thove, satta thovāiṃ se lave | lavāṇaṃ sattahattarie, esa muhutte viyāhie || > Seven breaths \[make\] a stoka, seven stokas \[make\] a lava; > by seventy-seven lavas, a muhūrta is explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.306](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.306) tinni sahassā satta ya, sayāiṃ tevattariṃ ca ūsāsā | esa muhutto diṭṭho, savvehiṃ anaṃtanāṇīhiṃ || > Three thousand, seven hundred, and seventy-three breaths— > this muhūrta has been perceived by all those of infinite knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.307](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.307) eeṇaṃ muhuttapamāṇeṇaṃ tīsamuhuttā ahoratto, pannarasa ahorattā pakkho, do pakkhā māso, do māsā uḍū, tinni uḍū ayaṇe, do ayaṇā saṃvacchare, paṃca saṃvaccharāiṃ juge, vīsaṃ jugāiṃ vāsasayaṃ, dasa vāsasayāiṃ vāsasahassaṃ, sayaṃ vāsasahassāṇaṃ vāsasayasahassaṃ, caurāsīiṃ vāsasayasahassāṇi se ege puvvaṃge, caurāsīiṃ puvvaṃgā sayasahassāiṃ se ege puvve, evaṃ tuḍiyaṃge, tuḍie, aḍaḍaṃge, aḍaḍe, avavaṃge, avave, hūhūyaṃge, hūhūe, uppalaṃge, uppale, paumaṃge, paume, naliṇaṃge, naliṇe, atthaniuraṃge, atthaniure, auyaṃge, aue, nauyaṃge, naue, pauyaṃge, paue, cūliyaṃge, cūliyā, sīsapaheliyaṃge, sīsapaheliyā| etāva tāva gaṇie, etāva tāva gaṇiyassa visae, teṇa paraṃ ovamie| se kiṃ taṃ ovamie? ovamie duvihe pannatte, taṃ jahā–paliovame ya, sāgarovame ya| se kiṃ taṃ paliovame? se kiṃ taṃ sāgarovame? > By this measure of a muhūrta, thirty muhūrtas are a day-and-night; fifteen days-and-nights are a fortnight; two fortnights are a month; two months are a season; three seasons are an ayana; two ayanas are a year; five years are a yuga; twenty yugas are one hundred years; ten hundred years are a thousand years; a hundred thousand years are a hundred-thousand years; eighty-four hundred-thousand years are one pūrvāṅga; eighty-four hundred-thousand pūrvāṅgas are one pūrva. Likewise for truṭitāṅga, truṭita, aḍaḍāṅga, aḍaḍa, avavāṅga, avava, hūhūyaṅga, hūhūya, utpalāṅga, utpala, padmāṅga, padma, nalināṅga, nalina, arthaniupurāṅga, arthaniupura, ayutāṅga, ayuta, nayutāṅga, nayuta, prayutāṅga, prayuta, cūlikāṅga, cūlikā, śīrṣaprahelikāṅga, śīrṣaprahelikā. Up to this point is numerable \[time\]; up to this point is the domain of calculation. Beyond that is comparative \[time\]. > And what is that comparative \[time\]? > Comparative \[time\] is taught to be of two kinds, namely: the palyopama and the sāgaropama. > And what is that palyopama? What is that sāgaropama? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.308](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.308) sattheṇa sutikkheṇa vi, chettuṃ bhettuṃ va jaṃ kira na sakkā | taṃ paramāṇuṃ siddhā, vadaṃti ādiṃ pamāṇāṇaṃ || > That which, indeed, cannot be cut or cleaved even by the sharpest weapon, > that atom (paramāṇu), the liberated souls \[and omniscients\] declare to be the origin of measures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [6.7.310](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.310) eesiṃ pallāṇaṃ, koḍākoḍī havejja dasaguṇiyā | taṃ sāgarovamassa u, ekkassa bhave parimāṇaṃ || > Ten times a koṭākoṭi of these pits > would indeed be the measure of a single sāgaropama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.311](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.311) eeṇaṃ sāgarovamapamāṇeṇaṃ cattāri sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo susama-susamā 1. tinni sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo susamā 2. do sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo susama-dūsamā 3. egā sāgarovamakoḍākoḍī bāyālīsāe vāsasahassehiṃ ūṇiyā kālo dūsama-susamā 4. ekkavīsaṃ vāsasahassāiṃ kālo dūsamā 5. ekkavīsaṃ vāsasahassāiṃ kālo dūsama-dūsamā 6. | punaravi ussappiṇīe ekkavīsaṃ vāsasahassāiṃ kālo dūsama-dūsamā 1. ekkavīsaṃ vāsa-sahassāiṃ kālo dūsamā 2. egā sāgarova-makoḍākoḍī bāyālīsāe vāsasahassehiṃ ūṇiyā kālo dūsama-susamā 3. do sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo susama-dūsamā 4. tinni sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo susamā5. cattāri sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo susama-susama 6. | dasa sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo osappiṇī, dasa sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo ussappiṇī, bīsaṃ sāgarovamakoḍākoḍīo kālo osappiṇī ussappiṇī ya| > By this measure of a sāgaropama: four sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Suṣama-suṣamā (1); three sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Suṣamā (2); two sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Suṣama-duḥṣamā (3); one sāgaropama-koṭākoṭi deficient by forty-two thousand years is the period of Duḥṣama-suṣamā (4); twenty-one thousand years are the period of Duḥṣamā (5); twenty-one thousand years are the period of Duḥṣama-duḥṣamā (6). > Again, in the Utsarpiṇī: twenty-one thousand years are the period of Duḥṣama-duḥṣamā (1); twenty-one thousand years are the period of Duḥṣamā (2); one sāgaropama-koṭākoṭi deficient by forty-two thousand years is the period of Duḥṣama-suṣamā (3); two sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Suṣama-duḥṣamā (4); three sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Suṣamā (5); four sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Suṣama-suṣamā (6). > Ten sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Avasarpiṇī; ten sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Utsarpiṇī; twenty sāgaropama-koṭākoṭis are the period of Avasarpiṇī and Utsarpiṇī together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7.312](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7.312) jaṃbuddīve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! dīve imīse osappiṇīe susama-susamāe samāe uttimaṭṭhapattāe, bharahassa vāsassa kerisae āgārabhāvapaḍoyāre hotthā? goyamā! bahusamaramaṇijje bhūmibhāge hotthā, se jahānāmae–āliṃgapukkhare ti vā, evaṃ uttara-kuruvattavvayā neyavvā jāva tattha ṇaṃ bahave bhārayā manussā manussīo ya āsayaṃti sayaṃti ciṭṭhaṃti nisīyaṃti tuyaṭṭaṃti hasaṃti ramaṃti lalaṃti| tīse ṇaṃ samāe bhārahe vāse tattha-tattha dese-dese tahiṃ-tahiṃ bahave uddālā koddālā jāva kusa-vikusa-visuddharukkhamūlā jāva chavvihā manussā anusajjitthā, taṃ jahā–pamhagaṃdhā, miyagaṃdhā, amamā, tetalī, sahā, saṇiṃcārī| sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti| > "In this continent of Jambūdvīpa, Venerable Sir, during this Avasarpiṇī in the period of Suṣama-suṣamā when it had reached its highest state, what was the appearance, condition, and nature of the region of Bharata?" > "Gautama, it had a ground-tract that was very level and delightful, like the surface of an āliṅga-drum. In this manner, the description of Uttarakuru should be understood, up to: there, many men and women of Bharata sit, recline, stand, settle, lie down, laugh, play, and take pleasure. During that era in the region of Bharata, in various districts and locations, many uddāla and koddāla \[trees flourished\], up to the roots of trees cleared of kuśa and vikuśa grasses, up to six kinds of human beings resided, namely: lotus-scented, deer-scented, unpossessive, radiant, enduring, and slow-moving." > "So it is, Venerable Sir! So it is, Venerable Sir!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (3) - [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.6.7.302) — Hindi - [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.6.7.302) — Gujarati - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.6.7.302) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (2) - [Bhagavatīvṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!abhayadeva.v5.p295) — Abhayadeva Sūri, Sanskrit - [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.444) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.6.7) · Pramāṇa