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Q.III.36.4 A.III.36.4
How many subclasses are there amongst the civilized people? There are two subclasses of the civilized people, namely: those have attained extraordinary powers (rddhidh ri) and those who are without such extraordinary powers.
Q.III.36.5 A.III.36.5
How many types of extraordinary powers (rddhis) are there? Some ascetics attain extraordinary powers to produce worldly miracles. Such attainments are called rddhi. There are eight types of such extraordinary powers namely: intellect (buddhi), activity (kriy ), change of form (vikriy ), austerity (tapa), might (bala), healing power (ausadhi), occult power to change food (rasa) and power to ensure inexhaustible food and space(kşetra). The word extraordinary is attached as a prefix to each of these eight types.
Q.III.36.6 A.III.36.6
Which are further subtypes of extraordinary intellect? The extraordinary intellect is of eighteen subtypes namely: omniscience, telepathy (mental modes reading), clairvoyance (avadhi), seed intellect (b ja), search-intellect (koştha), sounds discriminating intellect (sambhinna rotri), syllable based intellect (pad nus r), tele-touch intellect (d raspar), tele-taste intellect (d rasv d), tele-smell intellect (d raghr nasamartha), tele-hearing intellect (d ra ravanasamartha), tele-viewing intellect (d r valo-kanasamartha), authoritative knowledge of ten purvas (dasap rv), authoritative knowledge of 14 purvas (caudahap rv), eightfold prognostical intellect (ast mgamah nimittajñ na), self-owned intellect (pratyekabuddha), debating capability (v ditva) and sagacity (prajn ramanatva). The word 'extraordinary' in English and 'rddhi' in Hindi is added to each one of these.
Q.III.36.7 A.III.36.7
What is meant by extraordinary clairvoyance (avadhi-rddhi)? Owner of clairvoyant knowledge recognizes directly, the concrete objects within certain limitations of the time periods and distance and without the assistance of sense organs. It is of three types namely partial (De a), all (Sarva) and supreme (Parama).
Q.III.36.8 A.III.36.8
What is meant by extraordinary telepathy (manah paryaya-rddhi)? the objects of thoughts of other's mind are cognized by telepathy directly (without the assistance of sense organs). It is of two types namely simple (rjumati) and all (vipula).
Q.III.36.9 A.III.36.9
What is meant by omniscience (kevala-rddhi)? Omniscience knows all concrete and non-concrete objects of all places and times clearly.
Q.III.36.10 A.III.36.10
What is meant by extraordinary seed intellect (b ja-buddhi-rddhi)? This is the intellect which understands the meaning of the entire scripture by reading just one of its aphorisms.
Q.III.36.11. A.III.36.11
What is meant by extraordinary store intellect (koştha-buddhi-rddhi)? The intellect which can extract any quotes / aphorism from different scriptures when required is called super natural search-intellect. To
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