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the arrow · no turn · 1 samaya

Iṣu-gati

The the arrow: no turn, 1 samaya, never without intake.

The arrow flies straight: the next body forms on the row the soul is already on, so it goes there in one samaya and is never without intake. This is the passage of the freed soul too, ṛju-gati, which is why the atlas draws that one separately - it is the same shape with no return.

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 - Iṣu-gati highlighted

Measurements and counts

Turns0
Samayas1
Without intake0
The nameiṣu-gati - the arrow

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10