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KALPA SÚTRA.
lunar conjunction, while he was engaged in abstract meditation, he obtained infinite, incomparable, indestructible, unclouded, universal, perfect, certain, supreme intelligence and perception*.. Thereupon the adorable ascetic hero having become an Arhat (worthy of divine honours), a Jina (a conqueror of the passions), a man of established wisdom, omniscient, all-percipient, he knew and saw all the qualities of the three worlds inhabited by gods, men, and demons, being perfectly acquainted with all the comings and goings, standings and movements of all living creatures, in all worlds, as well as with their mental cogitations, lawful and unlawful enjoymentst, and their open and concealed actions; being an Araha, (one from whom nothing is concealed), and the undisguised object of worship to all beings. At that time, then, having obtained a perfect knowledge and perception of all the qualities and conditions of all living creatures, in all the world, characterized by mental, vocal, or bodily attributes, he continued ever after to enjoy the same.
*The original here is अणंते अणुत्तरे निव्वाघाए निरावरणे कसिणे केवलवरनाणदंसणा समुप्पने describing an omniscience the most complete, and nothing short of perfect deification.
† A paraphrase of भुक्तकंडपडिसेविय
