Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 6

SR No.: 001006
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1962
Total Pages: 446
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, Story, N000, & N010
File Size: 21 MB

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CHAPTER TWO
right-knowledge and right-belief; to thee, conqueror (of passions), and helper of others to conquer, crosser (of samsara) and helper of others to cross, emancipated and grantor of emancipation, enlightened and enlightener, hail! Hail to thee, Master, knowing all things, seeing all things, the holder of all the supernatural powers, 60 destroyer of the eight karmas.61 Hail to thee, field (of merit), receptacle (of merit), a tirtha, supreme spirit, teaching the doctrine of syādvāda,62 an ascetic devoid of passion. To thee deserving to be worshipped even
60 77. These are 34. They are characteristics of the Arhats. There are 4 inborn atiśayas: the body has wonderful beauty and fragrance, is free from disease, free from perspiration and dirt; breath has fragrance of a lotus; flesh and blood are white as cow's milk; process of eating and elimination is not visible.
There are 11 arising from destruction of karma: for a crore of crores of men, gods, and animals to be contained in the space of a yojana; language corresponding to the different languages (bhāṣā) of men, animals, and gods, extending for a yojana; a beautiful halo at the back of the head, whose splendor surpasses that of the sun; in the space of 200 gavyütis plus 25 yojanas, there is no sickness, hostility, plague, pestilence, excess nor lack of rain, hunger, fear of oppression from own or another king.
There are 19 divine atiśayas: a dharmacakra in the sky; fly-whisks; a shining lion-throne with a footstool; three umbrellas, a jeweled banner; golden lotuses for walking on; three splendid walls (samavasaraņa); fourfold face and body; caitya-tree; thorns with points turned down; bending of trees; loud music from a drum; a favorable wind; birds flying to the right; rain of perfumed water; rain of many-colored flowers; the hair, beard, and nails cease to grow; a crore of the 4 classes of gods in order of rank standing near; the favorableness of the seasons always having objects (such as flowers) that appeal to the senses. Abhi. 1.57-64. In this connection in his com. to Abhi. 1.60 Hemacandra defines gavyūti as 2 kos, so there would be a radius of 125 yojanas exempt from all ills.
61 77. For the 8 karmas in full, see I, Appendix II.
62 78. Syädväda, or saptabhangi, the pre-eminent feature of Jain logic, is a system by which everything can be explained from 7 points of view: it is; it is not; it is and it is not; it is indescribable; it is, though it is indescribable; it is not, though indescribable; it is and it is not, though indescribable. See I, n. 4; Haribhadra's Anekāntajayapatāka; Mallisena's Syādvādamañjari; 0. of J., p. 116.