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I am the Soul
755 and what will happen in, and the substances with form and their transitions in a radius of 300 km around him. Even if he changes his location, the radius remains the same. Like the light of a lamp in the hands of a person, which travels along with the person going around. This is anugami Avadhijnana.
A jiva can perceive only from the point where Avadhijnana occurred to it and not when it goes away from that point. Again when it returns to the same spot, it can perceive. Like a person sitting next to a lamp can see to a certain extent around the spot. If he rises and goes away while the lamp remains there, he will not see beyond the lit area. Again when he returns to the lamp, he is able to see. This is ananugami Avadhijnana.
If after attaining Avadhijnana, the kshayopashama of avadhijnanavarniya progresses with the inner purushartha, then the intensity of Avadhijnana also grows. That which continues to grow in the four ways of substance, area, time and feeling is vardhaman Avadhijnana. On the contrary, if the efforts begin to fade and the kshayopashama, instead of progressing, begins to diminish, the intensity of the Avadhijnana attained also begins to weaken. This is hayaman Avadhijnana.
That Avadhijnana which goes away even after attainment, due to the shroud of avadhijnanavarniya karma is pratipati Avadhijnana. That Avadhijnana which never goes away after attainment, and remains with the jiva all along, and gets transformed into kevaljnana, is apratipati Avadhijnana.
To the manushya and tiryancha gatis, Avadhijnana can occur through specific pursuit and after the kshayopashama of avadhijnanavarniya karma. Anyone of the six types of Avadhijnana can occur. Even here, the Avadhijnana that occurs to a Mithyatvi jiva has been called avadhiajnana or vibhangajnana, while that which occurs to a samyaktvi jiva has been called Avadhijnana.
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