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Jambuddivapannatti 2.29

Jambuddīvapannatti 2.29

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Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

2.29

anaṃtāṇaṃ vāvahāriyaparamāṇūṇaṃ samudaya-samii-samāgameṇaṃ sā egā ussaṇhasaṇhiāi vā saṇha-saṇhiyāi vā uddhareṇūi vā tasa-reṇūi vā rahareṇūi vā vālaggei vā likkhāi vā jūyāi vā javamajjhei vā ussehaṃgulei vā aṭṭha ussaṇhasaṇhiyāo sā egā saṇhasaṇhiyā, aṭṭha saṇhasaṇhiyāo sā egā uddhareṇū, aṭṭha uddhareṇūo sā egā tasareṇū, aṭṭha tasareṇūo sā egā rahareṇū, aṭṭha rahareṇūo sā ege devakurūttarakurāṇaṃ manussāṇaṃ vālagge, aṭṭha devakurūttarakurāṇaṃ manussāṇaṃ vālaggā se ege harivāsa-rammayavāsāṇaṃ manussāṇaṃ vālagge, aṭṭha hemavaya-eraṇṇavayāṇaṃ manussāṇaṃ vālaggā se ege puvvavideha-avaravidehāṇaṃ manussāṇaṃ vālagge, aṭṭha puvvavideha-avaravidehāṇaṃ manussāṇaṃ vālaggā sā egā likkhā aṭṭha likkhāo sā egā jūyā, aṭṭha jūyāo se ege javamajjhe, aṭṭha javamajjhā se ege aṃgule|
eteṇaṃ aṃgulappamāṇeṇaṃ cha aṃgulāiṃ pāo, bārasa aṃgulāiṃ vitatthī, cauvīsaṃ aṃgulāiṃ rayaṇī, aḍayālīsaṃ aṃgulāiṃ kucchī, chaṇṇauiṃ aṃgulāiṃ se ege akkhei vā daṃḍei vā dhaṇūi vā jugei vā musalei vā nāliāi vā| eteṇaṃ dhanuppamāṇeṇaṃ do dhanusahassāiṃ gāuyaṃ, cattāri gāuyāiṃ joyaṇaṃ| eeṇaṃ joyaṇappamāṇeṇaṃ je palle joyaṇaṃ āyāmavikkhaṃbheṇaṃ, joyaṇaṃ uḍḍhaṃ uccatteṇaṃ, taṃ tiguṇaṃ savisesaṃ parikkheveṇaṃ|
se ṇaṃ palle–egāhiya-behiya-tehiya, ukkoseṇaṃ sattarattaparūḍhāṇaṃ |
saṃmaṭṭhe sannicie, bharie vālagga koḍīṇaṃ ||
te ṇaṃ vālaggā no kucchejjā, no parividdhaṃsejjā, no aggī ḍahejjā, no vā harejjā, no pūittāe havvamāgacchejjā, tao ṇaṃ vāsasae-vāsasae egamegaṃ vālaggaṃ avahāya jāvaieṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ se palle khīṇe nīrae nilleve niṭṭhie bhavai, se taṃ paliovame|

By the aggregation, collection, and combination of infinite conventional atoms, there is one utslakṣṇa-ślakṣṇikā, or a ślakṣṇa-ślakṣṇikā, or an ūrdhvareṇu, or a trasareṇu, or a rathareṇu, or a hair-tip, or a likṣā, or a yūkā, or a barley-corn width, or an utsedhāṅgula: eight utslakṣṇa-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 humans of Devakuru and Uttarakuru; eight hair-tips of humans of Devakuru and Uttarakuru make one hair-tip of humans of Harivarṣa and Ramyakavarṣa; eight [hair-tips of humans of Harivarṣa and Ramyakavarṣa make one hair-tip of humans of Haimavata and Hairaṇyavata; eight] hair-tips of humans of Haimavata and Hairaṇyavata make one hair-tip of humans of Pūrvavideha and Aparavideha; eight hair-tips of humans of Pūrvavideha and Aparavideha make one likṣā; eight likṣās make one yūkā; eight yūkās make one barley-corn width; eight barley-corn widths make one aṅgula.
By this measure of an aṅgula: six aṅgulas make a pāda; twelve aṅgulas make a span; twenty-four aṅgulas make a ratni; forty-eight aṅgulas make a kukṣi; ninety-six aṅgulas make an akṣa, daṇḍa, dhanus, yuga, musala, or nālikā. By this measure of a dhanus: two thousand dhanuses make a gavyūti; four gavyūtis make a yojana. By this measure of a yojana: a pit which is one yojana in length and breadth, one yojana in upward height, and somewhat more than three times that in circumference;
that pit, [packed] completely compact, fully stacked,
is filled with crores of hair-tips grown on [twins] born for one, two, three, or at most seven nights.
Those hair-tips would not rot, would not perish, fire would not burn them, wind would not carry them away, and they would not come to putrefaction; then, taking out a single hair-tip every hundred years, in whatever duration of time that pit becomes depleted, free of particles, clean, and exhausted, that is a palyopama.

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