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(3) Third type is that where there is only inflow and no outflow. (4) Fourth type is that where there is neither outflow nor inflow.
The first category represents sthavir-kalpi (senior and nonitinerant) acharyas who give as well as take. They give discourses of scriptural knowledge and code of conduct and also absorb and follow the same. The second category represents Tirthankars who give discourses of scriptural knowledge and code of conduct but have no need of acquiring it from others. The third category represents Jinakalpi ascetics indulging in special practices in isolation who do not give discourses but continue to acquire scriptural knowledge and perfection in following the code of conduct. The fourth category represents Pratyek-buddhas (those who get enlightened and liberated without the benefit of any discourse or guidance) who neither give nor take knowledge.
An acharya is endowed with thirty six virtues, five codes of conduct, eight types of attainments and pure knowledge. The eight types of attainments of an acharya are-achar (conduct), shrut (scriptural knowledge), sharir (well-built body), vachan (speech), vaachana (discourse), mati (judgment), prayoga (translating thought into action), and sangraha-parijna (awareness of acquisition). He lives in a faultless and pleasant area. His passions have been pacified due to suppression of mohaniya-karma (karma that tempts soul towards fondness for things). He is the protector of the six forms of life or the religious organization. In other words through his preaching he saves beings from a lowly birth like that in hell. He is at the centre of the source that is scriptural knowledge. He gives as well as acquires knowledge.
Pannanamanta-intelligent. The commentator (Churni) has interpreted this as knower of the fourteen purvas (subtle canon). Prabuddha (having wisdom) according to him is a manah-paryavjnani (one who possesses extrasensory perception and knowledge of thought process and thought-forms of other beings). A proficient scholar of scriptures is also called prabuddha.
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