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By the process of dissipation of karamas (nirjara) the soul gets free from the four-fold action currents of injury to the natural vision (darshan) knowledge (Jñāna) and thereby thesoulbecomesomniscient(kevalin).omniscience(kevlajnana) is attained on complete destruction or dissociation (ksāya) of deluding karma (mohaniya) which is essentially followed by the destruction of knowledge-covering (uñaña-varana) institution covering (darsanā varana) obstructive karma (antarya). Having achieved omniscience (keval jnana) the cause of foregoing fresh fetters of bondage being absent by virtue of stoppage (samvara) and dissipation of karamas (nirjarā) being yet in the practice of working, the jivanmukta
evalin gradually becomes released from all the residuum of the Action-current of Non-Injury (aghāitn karmas) and thereafter, reaches to a state of never-ending bliss and everlasting beatitude. The realization of the Jiva of this viz. the permanent state of being in knowledge and infinite delight is what is called as freedom or emancipation (mokşa) from the snares of karma. Thus the liberated soul goes straight up to the region of the free and the liberated (Siddhasila) at the submit of the bounded space (Lokākasa). This stage represents the trans-empirical state. It is a state of infinite, pure and unlimited bliss. ? Just as Sramaņa Gnātriputra is the foremost of all humanbeings, just as the anurtara gods are the highest among all the deities, just as Sudharman's palace is the best among the celestial dwellings, so too Nirvana is the chief object of the Law.3
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Ibid., PP. 617-618. Hermann Jacobi, Jaina Sutras, part 1!, PP. 299. HERE AFTER ABBREVIATED AS JS.
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