a (as individuals)--have a beginning but no end, considered collectively--puhuttên
a (as a class)--they have neither a beginning nor an end. They have no (visible) form, they consist of life throughout, they are developed into knowledge and faith, they have crossed the boundary of the Sam[postvocalic]
sâra, and reached the excellent state of perfection."
Like both the Brâhmans and Buddhists, the Jainas have a series of hells--Nârakas, numbering even which they name--
1. Ratnaprabhâ;
2. Śarkarâprabhâ;
3. Vâlukâprabhâ;
4. Pam[postvocalic]
kaprabhâ;
5. Dhûmaprabhâ;
6. Tamaprabhâ;
7. Tamatamaprabhâ.
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Those who inhabit the seventh hell have a stature of 500 poles, and in each above that they are half the height of the one below it.
Everything in the system as to stature of gods and living beings, their ages and periods of transmigration is reduced to artificial numbers.