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The next day he broke his fast at Brahmasthala at the house of king Somadeva. The gods showered flowers, etc, to bless the giving (d na).
Pure knowledge (Omniscience)
After wandering about as a mendicant and observing intense austerities for 6 months he reached Sahasr mravana. There observing a fast under the Banyan tree, staying fixed in the k yotsarga (standing, both arms downwards) posture, in deep meditation, he destroyed the obscuring karmas and on the full moon day of Caitra month under Citra constellation, obtained omniscience. Upon obtaining pure knowledge, he gave religious sermon, established the four-fold order and became a T rthamkara who is the possessor of four infinites (ananta catu aya), a knower of all the worlds, a visionary and preceptor.
His grand congregation had 107 Ga adharas, 12000 omniscient, 10300 telepaths, 10000 clairvoyants, 2300 14-p rvadh rs, 16800 vaikriyalabdhidh rs, 9600 v ds, 330000 monks, 420000 female-monks, 276000 votaries and 505000 female votaries.
Lord Padmaprabha instructed about the meritorious path for many years after becoming a keval . At the end of his life-span, sensing the same, fasting for one month, on the eleventh day of the dark half of Mrgar a month under the constellation Citr, stopping all activities, he became enlightened and liberated. His total life-span was 30 lakh p rvas of which 6 p rv mgas less of 7-and-a-half p rvas were spent as a youth, 21-and-a-half lakh p rvas as king and a little less of a lakh p rvas as mendicant following the caritra-dharma after which he gained nirva.
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