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the basis first that the 105th verse is a later addition by some other person and secondly that the 40th Inscription at Shravanbelgol mentions the name as Samadhi Shatak.
So, it has been now commonly admitted by the Jain thinker and scholars that it is the Samadhi Shatak which was the original name of this book
[II] contains 100
book
to
105
verses
This (Shlokas)
The central theme of the Samadhi Shatak is the way to the realization of the ultimate nature of the soul. Pujyapada's psychology is tripartite in its division of the soul into three parts external soul (Bahiratma), internal soul (Antaratma) and Absolute soul (Paramatma). His interpretation of all these three parts is a unique one. In his view, there is a hierarchy in these parts. These three parts are not separate or they are not three in number but they are supposed to be three in accordance with their degree of evolution towards and
