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700 “From the geth.rlag of the destroying cloud to the termination of the fierce deluge that destroyed the keppo constitutes one Aseakkeppaa.

From the termination of the deluge to the rain, that reproduced the world, I. the second Asaaklseyyaa.

“From the great rains that reproduced the earth to the appearance of tk mm and moon Is the third Aseakkqpon.

“From the reappearance of the sun and moon to the gathering api. of the cloud of destruction is the fourth A.sakl.eyyan.

“The four As.ikkqpasi constitute a maM.kqipo, and be It understood, such lathe destruction by water, and the reproduction.

“Whenever the kepp. is destroyed by the wind. be It known, that, as already eaplalneil in the other cases in detaiL, the mighty destroying cloud gathers The difference In this Instance also occurs at the stage in which the two suns appear, as In those Instances, thus here the storm destined to destroy the icappo then rises.

“In the first place, it raises a dust; then It drives before It by degrees a still heavier dust; then light sand, heavy sand, pebbles, and so on, till It hurls on rocks as Large as houses, in the same manner it tears up great trees. AU these one. raised from the earth never descend again, being converted Into impalpabde atom, they are completely absorbed. “Then, In due course, the wind under the earth rising and spinning the world topsy turvy, hurls It into the air. Portions of the world being one hundred gdja.d. two, three, four and five hundred yJjaaA in extent, are rent asunder, and tossed about by the power of the wind, till reduced to the minutest particles, they also become absorbed. The tempest then raising also aloft the Ckakkamel.. and M&AsIéIN mountain, tosses them likewise into the air. They, hurled against each other, and battered to minute atoms, also vanish. By this means destroying, as well the habitations of the earth and the habitations (of the demos) of the skie. as the six Kaasmodekara. dêweUkd, the tempest annihilates the hundred thousand kdtiyo of C7w.kkawoidd also. One Cluikkascdica being dashed against another Chekkawdlan, one Hisiesoaisto (snowy region) against another, and on. MJru mountain against another; and being involved In a general chaos, sad reduced to minute atoms, all perish. “The storm extends from the earth to the regions of the third Jkda.a and three BrdhmoZJko having been Involved In that destruction, the tempest I. arrested on reaching the Wêheppkalo-brdksialdkd.

“Thus every perishable thing having perished (the tempest) itself perishes also. As described (In the other accounts of the destructions of the world) every drensustance takes place In this also, commencing with, by the vacuum below (the world being destroyed) meeting the vacuum above; and one universal darkness prevails.

“Subsequently the world is reproduced, commencing with the Subk.kiinc.. bnfkmalóko, and living creatures dying (In due course) in Weliepphelo.bdkaieUts, are reproduced in the Sithkakinao and other regions. -

"In this instance, the period from the gstherlng of the cloud of destructive, to the rising of the tempest that destroys the kappo, is one Ase*kfieppais.

“From the period of the tempest, to the mighty deluge of reproduction, I. the second .4sankkeyydu, and so forth, In the same subdivisions, the other two Ama. khej,ydni. These four Asankkeyydni constitute a maká.kappo. Be it understood, that sath is the nature of the destruction by storm.

“Why I. It that the world is destroyed 1 On account of the original Impiety committed. The world is destroyed on account of the commission of the following sins, viz: on the ascendancy of the paasion, it (the world) Is destroyed by water some authorities, however, declare that on the prevalence of crimes, the destruction is by fire, and on the ascendancy of the passions by water. And when ignorance prevails, it perishes by the wind.