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I am the Soul
four, two of which are a result of Kshayik (f) feeling and the other two of a strong rise in the virtues, are to be analysed here.
Vadidevasuri, in his invocation at the opening of the treatise 'Pramananayatattvalankar (a) has mentioned these
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रागद्वेष विजेतारं ज्ञातारं विश्ववस्तुनः ।
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I recollect the Lord of the Tirtha, who is a conqueror of the passions, who has fathomed all the substances of the entire Universe, who is prayed to by the Indras and who is the sovereign of the speech.
The same feelings have been expressed by Kalikal Sarvajnya Hemchandracharya in the invocation of his treatise called 'Syadvad Manjari' (P) -
अनन्तविज्ञानमतीतदोषं अबाध्यसिद्धान्तममर्त्य पूज्यम् ।
The Tirthankar has infinite knowledge, has destroyed all the faults. The speech that flows from him is undisputed and he is prayed to by the Gods.
These atishayas - extra qualities in the scriptural terminology are 1) Jnanatishaya (a), 2) Apayapagamatishaya (HRT), 3) Vachanatishaya (a), and 4) Pujatishaya (पूजातिशय).
1) Jnanatishaya (a) The knowledge of Arihant, is infinite knowledge. The knowledge in which the infinite substances are reflected, with their infinite qualities and the infinite transitions of past and future, is infinite knowledge. He can experience the infinite qualities because the infinite qualities of his self have become completely manifest. The unwrapped strength of the infinite knowledge that resides in the innumerable sections of the Soul is enabling the soul to incessantly enjoy the
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