Editing Giant (section)

===Jain===
According to [[Jainism]], there was a time when giants walked upon this earth.{{sfn|Zimmer|1953|p=226}}<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://global.britannica.com/topic/Tirthankara|title=Tirthankara|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> [[Jain cosmology]] divides the worldly cycle of time into two parts or half-cycles, ''avasarpani'' (age of descending purity) and ascending (''utsarpani'').{{sfn|Jain|2015|p=175}}

[[File:Jain Cosmic Time Cycle.jpg|thumb|Division of time as envisaged by Jains. Human beings are said to be much taller than today in the first four ''aras'' of ''avasarpani'' and last four ''aras'' of ''utsarpani''.]]
According to [[Jain texts]], the height of [[Rishabhanatha]], first ''[[tirthankara]]'' of the present half-cycle of time (''avasarpani'') was 500 ''dhanusa'' (longbow).{{sfn|Jain|2015|p=181}}
In ''avasarpani'', as the cycle moves ahead, height of all humans and animals decreases. The following table depicts the six ''aras'' of ''avasarpini''–
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#9c0; font-size:12pt; font-weight:bold;"
|  style="width:128.25; height:15.75;"| Name of the Ara
| style="width:167.25;"| Degree of happiness
| style="width:250.5;"| Duration of Ara
| style="width:250.5;"| Average height of people
| style="width:250.5;"| Average lifespan of people
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| {{IAST|Sukhama-sukhamā}}
 | Utmost happiness and no sorrow
 | {{IAST|400 trillion sāgaropamas}}
 | Six miles tall
 | Three palyopama years
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| {{IAST|Sukhamā}}
 | Moderate happiness and no sorrow
 | {{IAST|300 trillion sāgaropamas}}
 | Four miles tall
 | Two palyopama Years
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| {{IAST|Sukhama-dukhamā}}
 | Happiness with very little sorrow
 | {{IAST|200 trillion sāgaropamas}}
 | Two miles tall
 | One palyopama years
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| {{IAST|Dukhama-sukhamā}}
 | Happiness with  little sorrow
 | {{IAST|100 trillion sāgaropamas}}
 | 1500 meters
 | 705.6 quintillion years
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| {{IAST|Dukhamā}}
 | Sorrow with very little Happiness
 | 21,000 years
 | 6 feet
 | 130 years maximum
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
| style="height:12.75;"| {{IAST|Dukhama- dukhamā}}
 | Extreme sorrow and misery
 | 21,000 years
 | 2 feet
 | 16–20 years
|}