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# Viyahapannatti 7.3.345

Viyāhapannatti 7.3.345

- **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

### [7.3.345](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5.7.3.345)

vaṇassaikkāiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kaṃ kālaṃ savvappāhāragā vā, savvamahāhāragā vā bhavaṃti?  
goyamā! pāusa-varisārattesu ṇaṃ ettha ṇaṃ vaṇassaikāiyā savvamahāhāragā bhavaṃti, tadānaṃtaraṃ ca ṇaṃ sarade, tadānaṃtaraṃ ca ṇaṃ hemaṃte, tadānaṃtaraṃ ca ṇaṃ vasaṃte, tadānaṃtaraṃ ca ṇaṃ gimhe| gimhāsu ṇaṃ vaṇassaikāiyā savvappāhāragā bhavaṃti|  
jai ṇaṃ bhaṃte! gimhāsu vaṇassaikāiyā savvappāhāragā bhavaṃti, kamhā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! gimhāsu bahave vaṇassai-kāiyā pattiyā, pupphiyā, phaliyā, hariyagarerijjamāṇā, sirīe atīva-atīva uvasobhemāṇā-uvasobhemāṇā ciṭṭhaṃti?  
goyamā! gimhāsu ṇaṃ bahave usiṇajoṇiyā jīvā ya, poggalā ya vaṇassaikāiyattāe vakkamaṃti, cayaṃti, uvavajjaṃti| evaṃ khalu goyamā! gimhāsu bahave vaṇassaikāiyā pattiyā, pupphiyā, phaliyā, hariya-garerijjamāṇā, sirīe atīva-atīva uvasobhemāṇā-uvasobhemāṇā ciṭṭhaṃti|

> "At what time, Venerable Sir, are plant-bodied beings taking the least nourishment, or taking the greatest nourishment?"  
> "Gautama! In early autumn and the rainy season, plant-bodied beings take the greatest nourishment; thereafter in autumn, thereafter in winter, thereafter in spring, thereafter in summer. In summer, plant-bodied beings take the least nourishment."  
> "If, Venerable Sir, plant-bodied beings take the least nourishment in summer, why then, Venerable Sir, in summer do many plant-bodied beings stand endowed with leaves, flowers, and fruits, shining with greenery, exceptionally adorned with beauty?"  
> "Gautama! In summer, many heat-born souls and pudgalas enter into existence, are born, and originate as plant-bodied beings. Thus indeed, Gautama, in summer many plant-bodied beings stand endowed with leaves, flowers, and fruits, shining with greenery, exceptionally adorned with beauty."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (3)

- [Viyāhapannatti: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~hi-deepratnasagar2019.7.3.345) — Hindi
- [Viyāhapannatti: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~gu-deepratnasagar2020.7.3.345) — Gujarati
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5~en-mt.7.3.345) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Viyāhapannatti: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.5!deepratnasagar.498) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara 2000, Gujarati

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