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1. The Tirthankara's body does not perspire.
2. His body is always spotlessly clean
3. His flesh and blood are as white as cow's milk.
4. His body is especially very strong.
5. His body is perfect.
6. He is very handsome.
7. The fragrance of His breathing is like a lotus flower.
8. He possesses one thousand and eight attributes or marks on His body.
9. He has infinite strength.
10. He speaks less but it is sweet and beneficial.
11. There is no famine.
12. He can walk in the sky.
13. There is no violence around His presence
14. He does not eat
15. He does not suffer from any obstacles.
16. His face can be seen from all four directions.
17. He has no shadow.
18. He does not blink.
19. He has infinite knowledge.
20. His nails and hair do not grow.
21. His speech can be heard and understood in many languages though it appears that He does not speak.
22. Flowers, fruit and crops grow well and in abundance wherever He is present.
23. A mild, cool wind gently blows.
24. People around Him forget their differences
25. The ground around Him becomes spotlessly clean.
26. The gods make a fragrant gentle shower in the area where the Tirthankara preaches.
27. The gods make crops and flowers grow.
28. All beings rejoice.
29. The god of wind makes the gentle breeze blow.
30. All lakes and wells are full of water.
31. The sky is without pollution or smoke.
32. No one is suffering from any disease.
33. There are four bright dharma-chakras on the heads of the yaksha-gods. 34. There are pooja materials all around Him.
Nemichandra-Soori has mentioned thirty-four atishayas, which are the same as the above, but he has also mentioned another eight attributes, which are called the 'Eight Pratihāryas'.
These eight pratiharyas are
1. The Ashoka tree.
2. The shower of flowers.
3. The divine voice.
4. The whisks (Chämara).
5. The throne (Simhasana).
6. The halo.
7. The wind instrument (Dundubhi).
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