[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 Mūlasūtras ("root texts")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula) › [Uttarajjhayana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2) › 211.22.p1.246 # Uttarajjhayana 211.22.p1.246 Uttarajjhayaṇa 211.22.p1.246 - **Language:** Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit ### [211.22.p1.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.211.22.p1.246) eesiṃ vaṇṇao ceva | gandhao rasaphāsao / saṃṭhāṇadesao vāpi | vihāṇāiṃ sahassaso ||246|| > In the fifth (Graivêyika region) (a) is twenty-seven Sâgarôpamâs, (b) twenty-six. (237) > In the sixth (Graivêyika region) (a) is twenty-eight Sâgarôpamâs, (b) twenty-seven. (238) > In the seventh (Graivêyika region) (a) is twenty-nine Sâgarôpamâs, (b) twenty-eight. (239) > In the eighth (Graivêyika region) (a) is thirty Sâgarôpamâs, (b) twenty-nine. (240) > In the ninth (Graivêyika region) (a) is thirty-one Sâgarôpamâs, (b) thirty. (241) > In the four heavens (of the Anuttara gods), beginning with Vigaya, (a) is thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs, (b) thirty-one. (242) > In the great Vimâna Sarvârtha(siddha) there is no difference between the longest and shortest duration of life, but it is always thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs. (243) > The longest and shortest duration of the gods' (continuance in the same kind of) body is equal to that which has been given for their life. (244, 245, 246 = 159, 160) > We have described the Living Beings, the worldly and the perfected ones, and we have described the Lifeless Things, those possessing form and those without form. (247) > Having thus learned (the nature of) living beings and lifeless things which is in accordance with the principles of reasoning, and believing in it, a sage should delight in self-control. (248) > After having lived as a Sramana many years, a sage should mortify himself by the following religious exercises. (249) > The longest duration of the mortification is twelve years; the middle, one year; and the shortest, six months. (250) > — Hermann Jacobi 1895, Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45) - [Previous: 211.22.p1.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.211.22.p1.245) - [Next: 211.22.p1.247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.211.22.p1.247) - [Up: 211.22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.211.22.p1) ## Translations (1) - [Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2~en-jacobi.36.4.p3) — Hermann Jacobi 1895, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Uttarajjhayaṇanijjutti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!niryukti) — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Uttarajjhayaṇacuṇṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!curni) — Jinadāsagaṇi Mahattara, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Uttarādhyayanaśiṣyahitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!santisuri) — Śāntisūri, Sanskrit - [Sukhabodhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!devendragani) — Devendragaṇi, Sanskrit - [Uttarajjhayaṇa: ṭīkānusārī vivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2!deepratnasagar) — Muni Dīparatnasāgara, Gujarati --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.211.22.p1.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.2.211.22.p1.246) · Pramāṇa