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-472] STANDARD OF ATTRIBUTES (GUNAPPAMANA)
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(4) The omniscient-intuition of a man who is capable of omniscient-intuition is in respect of all substances and all (their) modifications.
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This is the standard of attributes of indeterminate intuition.
472. Then what is the standard of attributes of conduct (or behaviour) ? The standard of attributes of conduct is stated to be fivefold, viz.
(1) the s. a. c. viz. samaiya (abstinence from all blamable actions such as killing of living beings, etc.);
(2) the s. a. c. viz. chedo vaṭṭhavaniya (re-initiation after rectification);
(3) the s. a. c. viz. parihāravisuddhi (purity produced by special austerities);
(4) the s. a. c. viz. suhumasamparaya (where only the subtle
passions arise);
(5) the s. a. c. viz, ahakkhaya (perfect conduct).
(1) The s. a. c. viz. sāmāiya (abstinence from all blamable actions such as killing of living beings, etc.) is stated to be twofold, viz.
(i) temporary (ittaria); and
(ii) life-long (āvakahia).
(2) The s. a. c. viz. re-initiation after rectification is stated to be twofold, viz.
(i) with transgression (sātiyāra); and (ii) without transgression (niratiyara).
(3) The s. a. c. viz. purity produced by a special austerity' is stated to be twofold (with reference to the austerites), viz.
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Vide supra, sutta No. 435.
A batch of nine monks perform this austerity either under a tirthankara himself or under a monk who has performed such austerity under the tirthankara; it cannot be performed under anyone else. One of these nine monks is called kalpasthita in whose presence the whole course is undertaken. A group of four monks observe the austerity, and are called pariharika, and the remaining four who render service to them, are called anupariharika. About the nature of the austerity, it is said that the pariharikas undertake fasting by dropping meals up to the 4th, 6th or 8th meal in the maximum in the hot season; up to the 6th, 8th or 10th meal in the maximum in the cold season; and up to the 8th, 10th or 12th meal in the maximum in the rainy season. The kalpasthita and the four anupariharikas usually do not fast, but live on boiled cereal without salt, oil, etc. This continues for six months, after which period the functions of the parihārikas and the anuparihārikas are interchanged for the next six months. Then in the thirteenth month, one of the eight becomes a second kalpasthitika, and the remaining seven serve the two kalpasthitikas for the next six months. Thus the austerity is completed in eighteen months.
