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To show this, I proceed to give some references from authoritative Jain works.
(1) Samayasara by Kunda Kundacharya. वंदित्तु सव्वसिद्धे, धुवममलमणोवमं गदिं पत्ते । वोच्छामि समयपाहुड मिणमो सुदकेवलीभणिदं ॥१॥ Vandittu savva siddhe dhuvamamal manovamam
gadimpatte, Vochchhâmi sama ya-pâhuda minamo sudakevali
bhanidam. “I shall describe the Samayasâra book as uttered by saints with complete scriptural knowledge, after bowing down to all the liberated ones who have attained to a condition which is eternal, pure and unrivalled.”
(2) Ashta-Pahuda by the same author. दंसण अणंत णाणं मोखो णत्तत्त कम्मबंधण । णिरुवम गुणमारूढो अरहंतो एरिसो होयीवो ॥२॥ Damsana anantanana mokkho natthattha Kamma
bandhena! Niruvama gunamárúdo, arahanto eriso hoio.
“ The worshipful in Nirvana is possessed of infinite conation, infinite knowledge, has destroyed the eight kinds of Karmas and is full of unrivalled attributes."
जर वाहि जम्म मरणं चङ्गही गमणं च पुण्णपावं च ।। हतेण दीणकम्मं हइ णाणमयं च अर्हत ॥ ३ ॥
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