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पंच संवच्छरिए गे वीस जुगाई वाससयं दसवाससयाई वाससहस्सं सयं वाससहस्साणं वाससयसहस्सं । चउरासीइं वाससय सहस्साणि से एगे पुव्वंगे चउरासीई पुवंगा सयसहस्साइं से एगे पुग्वे । एवं तुडिअंगे तुडिए अडडंगे अडडे अवगे अववे हूहूअंगे हूहूए उप्पलंगे उप्पले पउमंगे पउमे णलिगंगे णलिणे अत्थणिउरंगे अत्थणिउरे अउअंगे अउए पउअंगे पउए य णउअंगे णउए य चूलिअगे चूलिआ य सीसपहेलिअंगे सीसपहेलिया - एताव ताव गणिए एताव ताव गणियस्स विसए । तेण परं उवमिए ।
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Q. 114. Bhante ! How many muhūrta ?
respirations
A. 114. Gautama ! Uncountable number of samaya units make an avalika. A countable number cf avalikās make one uccḥvasa and a countable number of avalikās make one nihśvāsa —
For a person hail and hearty,
One ucchvāsa- nihśvāsa make one prāna, Seven prāṇas a stoka, seven stokas a lava,
make a
Seventy-seven lavas together give a muhurta,
Which is the same as 3773 ucchvāsas making a muhūrta.
This making of a muhurta has been seen By those who possess infinite knowledge. 1-3
Thirty of such muhurtas make one day-night, fifteen day-nights make a paksa ( fortnight ), two fortnights make a month, two months make a season, three seasons make an ayana, two ayanas make one year, five years make a yuga, 20 yugas make a century, 10 centuries make a millennium, 100 times a millennium mike 1,00,000 years, 84,00,000 years make one pūrvāniga, 84, 10.000 pūrvāngas make one pūrva 84,00,000 pūrvas make one trutitānga, 84,00,000 trutitāngas make one truțita, and so on atatānga and atata, avavārga and avava, hūhulanca and hūhūka, utpalãänga and utpala, padmānga and padma, na1tnanga and nalina, arthanupūrānga and artharupūra, ayutānga and ayuta, prayutānga and prayuta, nayutäñca and rayuta, culikanga and culikā, and sirṣaprahelikanga and sirşaprahe
