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The Chapter on the Veeyana-Khand in the Chakkhandagama
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Namo Vijjahaaranaam ||16|| Salutations to the Jinas who are the possessors of knowledge || 16 ||
There are three types of knowledge: Jaati-vidya, Kula-vidya, and Tap-vidya. Jaati-vidya is the knowledge acquired from the maternal side, Kula-vidya is the knowledge acquired from the paternal side, and Tap-vidya is the knowledge attained through austerities like Mahopvaas etc. Those who possess these types of knowledge are called Vidyadharas. Here, we are paying our respects to those Vidyadharas who have renounced their knowledge and embraced asceticism, leaving behind the Vidyadharas who reside on Mount Vijaya and are unrestrained, and those who do not desire to use their attained knowledge.
Namo Chaaranaam ||17|| Salutations to the Jinas who are the possessors of the Charana-Riddhi || 17 ||
There are eight types of Jinas who possess the Charana-Riddhi, classified according to water, thighs, thread, fruit, flower, seed, sky, and series.
Those who can walk over water like the earth, without touching it and without causing harm to the aquatic beings, are called Jalacharana. Similarly, those who can walk over thread, fruit, flower, and seed are called Tantuchara, Phalachara, Pushpachara, and Beejachara respectively. Those who can travel hundreds of yojanas without harming the earth-dwelling beings are called Janghachara. Those who can ascend using smoke, fire, mountains, trees, and groups of threads are called Shrenichaara. Those who can walk in the sky, four fingers above the ground, are called Aakashchara. We pay our respects to these Charana-Rishi-Ishwaras.
Namo Panna-Samanaam || 18 || Salutations to the Prajna-Shramanas || 18 ||
There are four types of Prajna: Aaupattik, Vainayik, Karmaja, and Parinaamik. Aaupattik Prajna is the knowledge that arises from the pure intellect of the previous birth, which enables one to understand the twelve Angas with humility. Those who are born first in the heavens and then in the human realm with their uncorrupted karmas, possess this knowledge. Even though they do not engage in reading, listening, or asking, they are still endowed with this intellect. This intellect is called Aaupattik Prajna. Such Aaupattik-Prajna-Shramanas, even though they become emaciated due to six months of fasting, still engage in asking questions to reveal the greatness of this intellect, and they answer even the fourteen-fold questions. The knowledge that arises from studying the twelve Angas with humility is called Vainayik Prajna.