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the ox's trail · three turns · 4 samayas

Gomūtrikā

The the ox's trail: three turns, 4 samayas, 3 samayas without intake.

The ox's trail, zigzagging as it goes: three bends, four samayas, three without intake. The longest passage there is; 2.29 says fewer than four bends, and this is the last shape before that line. It needs the loka's own corners to happen at all.

On the lattice the path is drawn as the bhāṣya names it; the other three are beside it, so the four shapes can be read as one rule: a bend is a samaya, and a samaya on a bend takes nothing in.

The four passages, on the latticeTattvārthasūtra 2.27: motion is along the rows of space - anuśreṇia bend is a change of row, and a bend is a samaya; fewer than four bends - 2.29the four names are the bhāṣya'sthe rows of space-points - six directions, no diagonaliṣu-gatithe arrow0 turn(s) · 1 samaya(s)bend 1pāṇimuktāthrown from the palm1 turn(s) · 2 samaya(s)bend 1bend 2lāṅgalikāthe plough2 turn(s) · 3 samaya(s)bend 1bend 2bend 3gomūtrikāthe ox's trail3 turn(s) · 4 samaya(s)the body leftthe body to comea bend - one samaya, nothing taken in
The four passages, on the lattice - Gomūtrikā highlighted

Measurements and counts

Turns3
Samayas4
Without intake3
The namegomūtrikā - the ox's trail

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10