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Lord Mahâvîra
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Dharma.
Astikaya; see note on verse 7.
i.e. true things as soul, &c.
Samyaktva 'righteousness.'
Karanguna. The commentators make this a dvandva compound, and interpret karana as vratadi, and guna as pindavisuddhi, &c.
By deliverance I have rendered moksha, and by final perfection nirvana, Moksha denotes freedom from Karman, a condition which in Brahmanical philosophy is called jivanmukti.
Nivvitigikkha = Nirvikikitsa. According to the commentary it may stand for nir-vijugupsa 'without loathing the saints.'
The Dipika contains the following details. Nine monks resolve to live together for eighteen months. They make one of their number their superior, kalpasthita, four become pariharikas, and the remaining four serve them (anupariharikas). After six months the pariharikas become anupariharikas and vice versa. After another six months the kalpasthita does penance and all the other monks serve him as anupariharikas.
