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The path is divided into five stages. Their names are: (1) Dharmanusari, (2) Sotapanna, (3) Sakadagami, (4) Anagami, and (5) Arhat. (1) Of these, 'Dharmanusari' or 'Shraddhanusari' is called one who is facing the path of Nirvana, i.e., the path of liberation, but has not attained it. This is called 'Marganusari' in Jain scriptures and its thirty-five qualities are described. (2) Due to the gradual development of the Marmas who have attained the path of liberation, there are stages like Sotapanna etc. The Marma who is Avinipata Dharma, Nimit and Sambhosiprayan is called 'Sotapanna'. The Sotapanna soul attains liberation in the seventh birth. (3) 'Sakadagami' is called one who is going to attain liberation after taking birth in this world only once. (4) One who is born in this world and goes directly to liberation from the Brahma world is called 'Anagami'. (5) One who destroys all the karmas and becomes accomplished is called 'Arhat'.
The description of the above mentioned stages of Dharmanusari etc. is very clearly given in the Manikya Manikaya. It is described that just as a calf, a little bigger but confused calf, an adult calf, a strong bull fit for plowing, and a full-grown bull cross the oblique flow of the Ganges river with increasing effort, ...