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PREFACE XLIX
Siddhasila -
Towards the end of this work the author has described the Siddhasilā or the abode of the ultimate spiritually accomplished perfected souls. This land is situated 12 Yojana above the highest dome in the uppermost heaven - Sarvārthasiddha-vimāna heaven. That land, called the Isatpragbhārā prthvī, is in the shape of an upturned umbrella and is 4,500,000 (four and a half million) Yojana wide. Its circumference is somewhat more than 14230249 Yojana.
It is here that the Siddhas – the perfected souls, who have completely freed themselves from the bondage of karma, live. Those Siddhas are free from pain, attachment, affection, physicalbody and have undefined vision (general perception or Darśan) and definite knowledge (particular perception or Jñāna). Their maximum stature is somewhat more than 333 arches (Dhanusa) and the minimum one is somewhat more than one Ratni and eight fingers' width. (Verses 277–306).
In the end, glorifying the Siddhas, the author - Arya Ķsipālita says that all the Bhavanapati, Vāņavyantara, Jyotiska and Vaimānika gods bow to the Arhantas and eulogise them.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SUBJECT
MATTER
Many of the verses of Devendrastava are found in some canonical works, Tiloyapaņņatti and other Prakīrņakas. The comparative study of this aspect is contained in the following pages:
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