Jambuddivapannatti 2.22

2.22

jaṃbuddīve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! dīve bhārahe vāse kativihe kāle pannatte? goyamā! duvihe kāle pannatte, taṃ jahā–osappiṇikāle ya ussappiṇikāle ya|
osappiṇikāle ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kativihe pannatte? goyamā! chavvihe pannatte, taṃ jahā–susamasusamākāle susamākāle susamadussamākāle dussamasusamākāle dussamākāle dussamadussamā-kāle|
ussappiṇikāle ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kativihe pannatte? goyamā! chavvihe pannatte, taṃ jahā–dussamadussamāko dussamākāle dussamasusamākāle susamadussamākāle susamākāle susamasusamākāle|
egamegassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! muhuttassa kevaiyā ussāsaddhā viāhiyā? goyamā! asaṃkhejjāṇaṃ sama-yāṇaṃ samudaya-samii-samāgameṇaṃ sā egā āviliatti vuccai, saṃkhejjāo āvaliyāo ūsāso, saṃkhejjāo āvaliyāo nīsāso|

Venerable sir! In Jambūdvīpa island, in the Bharata realm, how many kinds of time are taught? Gautama! Two kinds of time are taught, namely: the avasarpiṇī era and the utsarpinī era.
Venerable sir! How many kinds of avasarpiṇī era are taught? Gautama! Six kinds are taught, namely: the suṣama-suṣamā era, the suṣamā era, the suṣama-duḥṣamā era, the duḥṣama-suṣamā era, the duḥṣamā era, and the duḥṣama-duḥṣamā era.
Venerable sir! How many kinds of utsarpiṇī era are taught? Gautama! Six kinds are taught, namely: the duḥṣama-duḥṣamā era, the duḥṣamā era, the duḥṣama-suṣamā era, the suṣama-duḥṣamā era, the suṣamā era, and the suṣama-suṣamā era.
Venerable sir! For a single muhūrta, what duration of breaths is declared? Gautama! By the aggregation, collection, and combination of innumerable samayas, that is called one āvalikā; an inhalation is numerable āvalikās, and an exhalation is numerable āvalikās.