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[Thirty-five Qualities of Speech]
[105 25. Being free from grammatical errors such as incorrect pronoun usage, case, gender, etc. 26. Being captivating and generating continuous curiosity in the listeners. 27. Being wondrous and showcasing amazing novelty. 28. Being fluent and free from excessive delay. 29. Being free from mental distractions, agitation, anger, fear, etc. 30. Being diverse and describing the subject matter in various ways. 31. Being specific and having a unique quality compared to general statements. 32. Being concrete and having distinct letters, words, and sentences. 33. Being courageous and filled with confidence. 34. Being free from sorrow and sadness. 35. Being coherent and effectively conveying the intended meaning. • Spoken words should possess these thirty-five qualities.
223-Kunthu Arhan (Kunthu the Arhat) could shoot thirty-five arrows with his bow. Datta Vasudeva could shoot thirty-five arrows with his bow. Nandana Baldeva could shoot thirty-five arrows with his bow.
224-In the Saudharma Kalpa, in the Sudharma Sabha, in the Manavaka Chaitya-stambha, leaving twelve and a half yojanas below and above, in the middle thirty-five yojanas, in vajra-maya (diamond-like), round, circular enclosures, the bones of the Jinas (the Tirthankaras who attained liberation in the human realm) are kept.
225-In the second and fourth earths (combined), thirty-five lakh (3.5 million) Naraka-avasas (hells) are mentioned.
|| End of the Thirty-five Qualities of Speech.