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numerous living beings, as well as a multitude of subjects. If not-liberatable ones (abhavyas) are unable to comprehend of his sermon, it is their fault, like the owls are unable to see the light.
The last one, Mokṣāṣtakan, containing ten verses, instead of eight, describes the characteristics of liberation. It also refutes other contention of others that in the absence of food etc., emancipated ones can not attain bliss. Haribhadra says that liberation is blessed with absolute bliss, never mingled with miseries and is, never decayed after origination.
Thus Aștaka Prakaraṇa, contains topics, independent of each other and each of its prakraņas are unit by itself. But these may be considered as inter-connected also because all of these deal with practical aspect of Jaina conduct and aim at teaching the monks as well as laities to become righteous ones; examine their conduct and thought minutely in the light of provisions of canons. Haribhadra, tries to clear the misgivings, caused by wrong arguments of heretics, pertaining to some significant aspects of Jaina conduct. Another feature of this Aşřka Prakaraṇa which attracts our attention is the self imposedbrevity or condition of dealing one topic in 8 verses only. We find that sometimes brevity is a handicap as it leads to the unintelligibility of the theme which can not be appreciated. But still this remains a very useful and valuable work of the genious Ācārya that is Haribhadra.
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