________________ :: Notes examining clothes carefully for avoiding 'hinsa' of any living creature stuck to it, practising self-control, curbing the mind from going astray, not uttering foul words, curbing the body from any ill-use, suffering cold and heat, and suffering delightfully and patiently the troubles and hardships leading even to deatb. 6 to 9. The remaining four Dignities are : (1) varat atas or True Faith. (2) .AFIT ITA' or True * Knowledge. (3) du atta o- True Character and (4)' aq 'Penance. These Nine Dignities are represented by the Jains in the form of a circle, putting the Tirthankara or Arihanta in the middle, and round about the Tirthankara, there are the Siddha, Faith, Acharya, Knowledge, Upadhyaya, Character, Sadhu and Penance respectively. Theoretically, the dignity or position of a Siddha is higher than that of a Tirthankara, but the reason why the latter (i.e. the Tirthankara) is placed in the middle is this, that he is the Nearest Benefactor (&#T#131) of the people of the world, as he establishes the fourfold 'Tirtha' or religion known as the 'agfira (consisting of the monks, the nuns, the laymen, and the laywomen) which enables the
