Counted in samaya · exactly eight
Kevalī samudghāta
केवली समुद्घात
An omniscient being expands to fill the entire universe and returns, in eight samaya.
When a kevalī's remaining karma is unevenly distributed against the lifespan left, the soul evens it out by expanding. The eight steps are fixed and symmetrical: daṇḍa, a staff the height of the Loka; kapāṭa, a door; pratara, a sheet; lokapūraṇa, filling the whole universe. Then the same four in reverse.
At the fourth samaya the soul's space-points occupy every point of the occupied universe at once. This is the only circumstance in which a single soul is coextensive with the whole Loka.
Eight samaya. Roughly one three-thousandth of a blink, if a samaya could be timed at all.
માપ અને સંખ્યાઓ
| Duration | 8 samaya |
|---|---|
| 1st | daṇḍa — a staff |
| 2nd | kapāṭa — a door |
| 3rd | pratara — a sheet |
| 4th | lokapūraṇa — the whole universe |
| 5th to 8th | the same, reversed |
| Purpose | to even out remaining karma |