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ज्ञाताधर्मकथांग सूत्र
ORRES
oratime
reaches the edge of the universe attaining the Siddha status. This is known as lightness and is desirable.
THE MESSAGE
As a gourd, made heavy by layers of mud, sinks to the bottom of a water body, so a being, made heavy by in flow of karmas sinks to lowest dimension (the hell).
As the same gourd becoming light by getting free of the mud, rises to the surface of the water-body, so a being getting free of the karmas rises and reaches the edge of the universe (Siddha status).
परिशिष्ट
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इन्द्रभूति-भगवान महावीर के प्रथम तथा पट्ट शिष्य जो गणधर गौतम के नाम से प्रसिद्ध हुए। इन्द्रभूति गौतम गोत्रीय थे और उस काल के मूर्धन्य वैदिक विद्वान्। भगवान महावीर की प्रथम देशना के समय उन्हें शास्त्रार्थ में पराजित करने का उद्देश्य ले ये समवसरण में आये थे। किन्तु स्वयं अपने मन के सन्देह मिटा महावीर के प्रथम शिष्य के रूप में प्रवजित हुए। महावीर के निर्वाण के तत्काल बाद इन्हें केवलज्ञान प्राप्त हुआ और एक वर्ष बाद इनका निर्वाण हुआ।
APPENDIX
Indrabhuti-The first and senior most disciple of Bhagavan Mahavir who became famous as Ganadhar Gautam. He was the foremost Vedic scholar of his time and belonged to the Gautam clan. During the first discourse of Bhagavan Mahavir he came to win over Mahavir in debate. However, Mahavir removed the ambiguities that plagued Gautam's mind and then initiated him as his first disciple. He became omniscient immediately after Mahavir's nirvana and got liberated one year later.
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