Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s3.289

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Ussappiṇī (Utsarpiṇī) Ascending cycle Time consists of two types of cycles Ussappiṇī and Osappiṇī i e ascending ones and descending ones That which has the characteristic of development of knowledge etc is the ascending cycle ¹ It is of six divisions ² (1) Dussamadussamā, (2) Dussamā (3) Dussa masusamā (4) Susamadussamā (5) Susamā and (6) Susamasusamā They are of the extent of twenty one thousand years twenty-one thousand years one koṭakoṭi (crore multiplied by crore) sagaropama less forty two thousand years two koṭakoṭi sagaropama three koṭakoṭi sagaropama ² and four koṭakoṭi sagaropama years respectively Thus the ascending cycle lasts ten koṭakoṭi sagaropama years The same is the extent of the descending cycle which is of the opposite characteristic (in the reverse order) ³ Only in the Bharaha(2) and Eravaya(1) regions there is development as well as decay with regard to knowledge age stature energy etc during the six eras of each of the two aeons namely Ussappiṇī and Osappiṇī In Susamadussamā era all the Kulagaras, the first Titthayaras and the first Cakkavaṭṭi take birth and in Dussamasusama the rest of the Titthayaras and Cakkavaṭṭis as well as all the Baladevas(2) Vāsudevas(1) and Paḍisattus take birth in the Bharaha(2)