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480/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
Chapter 377-383 'There will be a contradiction with the Gatha Sutra which says that the area of the avadhi is as small as the subtle nigoda jiva's subtle perception. Since the avadhi jnana knows only in one category, there will be no contradiction with the sutra, so say many acharyas. But this does not happen, because, if we assume this, then the same argument will apply to the knowledge obtained through the eye-sense. Because, it is seen that the knowledge obtained through the eye-sense perceives an object within a field of the size of a countable finger-span, elevation and depth. And if we assume that, then the size of this subtle avadhi jnana's field will be countless yojanas.
Doubt: If the size of the said avadhi field is countless times, then let it be, because, it is desirable?
Solution: This cannot be said, because, even in the Bharat-shaped avadhi field, which is inferred from the countless times the half-month period, countless yojanas of size are not found. Secondly, does the excellent deshabhadhi jnana, who is restrained, knowing his excellent substance, know all the pudgalaskandhas residing within the ghanaloka, starting from one paramanu and going up to the higher rungs, simultaneously or not? If he does not know, then his avadhi field cannot be the loka, because, he perceives the pudgalaskandhas residing in one akasha category, and this cannot be one akasha row ghanaloka size, because, the countless parts of the ghanaloka in it contradict the ghanaloka size. In addition, he will not be able to know the Kulachal, Meru mountain, Bhavanbiman, Path earth, Devas, Vidyadharas, Chameleons and lizards, because, they do not have a single akasha location. And he will not know their components either, because, if the components are not known, then there cannot be the power to know 'this is its component'. If he knows all the ghanaloka simultaneously, then our side is proven, because, it is free from opposition.
Some acharyas say that when the subtle perception of the subtle nigoda jiva is established by the dhanapratarakar, he knows only one akasha expanse, which is many categories. But this does not happen either, because, if this happens, then there will be a contradiction with the Gatha Sutra which says 'the area of the avadhi is as small as the subtle nigoda jiva's subtle perception', and the perception of many categories of chhadmasthas is not contradictory, because, the knowledge obtained through the eye-sense perceives the pudgalaskandhas residing in many categories.
The proof of the subtle field of avadhi jnana is similar to the subtle perception of the subtle, obtainable, sufficient nigoda jiva, therefore, its field is said to be the size of an elevation angul. Before that, the proof of the field is from the dhana angul, because, except for the statement of the elevation of Devas, Narakas, Tiryanchas and humans, the statement is made in relation to the pramana angul.
The area of the avadhi jnana, which is only one part out of countless parts of the subtle time angul.
1. Dh. Pu. 13 p. 304.