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[376] The **Prajñāpanā Sūtra** states that one can attain **antarakriyā** (liberation) by acquiring **tathavidha yogyatā**, therefore it is said that a being in hell can be liberated, but not necessarily. In the second **ananta-dvāra**, the question is raised whether beings in hell and other lower realms experience **ananta-rāgata antarakriyā** or **paramparāgata antarakriyā**? In other words, does a being die in hell and immediately attain liberation in the human realm without any intervening births, or does it experience one or more births after hell before attaining liberation in the human realm? The answer is that a being from the first four hells can experience both **ananta-rāgata** and **paramparāgata antarakriyā**. However, a being from the last three hells can only experience **paramparāgata antarakriyā**, meaning it must experience one or more births after hell before attaining liberation in the human realm through **tathavidha sādhanā**. Beings from the **bhavanapati** and **pṛthvī-ap-vanaspatikāya** realms can experience both types of **antarakriyā**. Beings from the **tejas-kāyika**, **vāyu-kāyika**, and **vikale-indriya** realms can only experience **paramparāgata antarakriyā**. In the third **ekasamaya-dvāra**, the number of beings from hell and other lower realms who can experience **ananta-rāgata antarakriyā** in a single lifetime, both in the lowest and highest realms, is discussed. In the fourth **udavatta-dvāra**, it is explained where a being from the **nairāyika** and other twenty-four **daṇḍaka-varti** realms can be reborn after death, directly (without any intervening births) within the twenty-four **daṇḍakas**. Although the word **udvṛtta** is used here for death in all realms, in the **Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama**, the words **udvṛtta**, **kālagata**, and **cyuta** are used instead. Generally, in Jain scriptures, the word **cyuta** is used for the departure of **vaimānika** and **jyotiṣka** gods, **kālagata** for humans, and **udvṛtta** for beings in hell, **bhavanavāsī**, and **vāṇavyantara**. This **dvāra** also discusses what a being can attain after death in each realm, such as **dharma-śravaṇa**, **bodha**, **śraddhā**, **mati-śruta-jñāna**, **vrata-grahaṇa**, **avadhi-jñāna**, **anagāra-tva**, **manaḥ-paryāya-jñāna**, **kevala-jñāna**, and **antarakriyā** (**siddhi**). The fifth **tīrthaṅkara-dvāra** instructs whether a being from hell and other lower realms can be reborn directly in the human realm and attain the **tīrthaṅkara-pada**. It also explains what a being can attain in the course of its development if it cannot attain the **tīrthaṅkara-pada**, such as **antarakriyā**, **virati**, **viratā-virati**, **samyaktva**, **mokṣa**, **dharma-śravaṇa**, and **manaḥ-paryāya-jñāna**. The sixth to tenth **dvāras** discuss the **cakravarti-pada**, **baladeva-pada**, **vāsudeva-pada**, **māṇḍalika-pada**, and 1. **Prajñāpanā**. Malaya, Vṛtti, Patra 397 2. Ibid., Patra 397 3. **Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama** Book 6, p. 477