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    how much time does a narki and dev jeev take to complete its body during birth

    8 months ago 145

    For Naraki and Dev jeev, the “body formation time” (janma-samay) is extremely short compared to humans.

    In Jain texts, both:

    • Deva (heavenly beings) and
    • Nārakī (hell beings)

    are described as upapāduka beings – they are spontaneously born. That means:

    • There is no long garbh-kāl (womb period) like in humans or animals.
    • The body is formed instantly at the very moment of birth, along with its full size appropriate to that gati and level.
    • So, the “time taken to complete the body” is considered one samaya only (the smallest indivisible unit of time), practically “immediate”.

    Differences:

    • Human / tiryanch (animal) gati → usually have garbhaj birth, with a period in the womb and gradual body formation.
    • Dev & Naraki gati → upapāduka birth, no gradual formation, body appears complete at once.

    So, both Narki and Dev jeev complete their body instantly at birth; there is no extended time like hours, days or months.

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