“I have read elsewhere (don’t remember the reference) that it can decrease to as low as 10 years.”
- It is in the Cakkavati Sutta, sir. There will come a time, bhikkhus, when these people will have children who live for ten years. Bhavissati, bhikkhave, so samayo, yaṁ imesaṁ manussānaṁ dasavassāyukā puttā bhavissanti.Among the people who live for ten years, girls will be marriageable at five. The age of onset of puberty has been dropping globally over the past century, with isolated cases as young as five. Dasavassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu pañcavassikā kumārikā alaṁpateyyā bhavissanti.
