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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Herate to explain the entry of the divine prowess (fast) into god's body. Just at this time wereite explains this phenomenon by a fitting example of ESTIRAH which runs roughly like this. Imagine a large house situated on a lofty summit capable of being entirely closed on all sides so much so that even the gales of the wind cannot enter it. Now imagine a crowd of persons just sitting in its neighbourhood. Now these persons accidently see a very very dense cloud ( clouds are often attracted by the moutains and therefore the students will now understand the propriety in selecting a house on the summit and not any other house) just about to rain cat and dog. Seeing this cloud they took to that house on the summit which was a sheet-anchor. Exactly like this entry of the people the divine prowess entered the god's body. Summit-house is to be compared to :he god's body and the crowd of persons to the divine prowss. It means, to be brief, that the divine prowess can leave and enter its original home after the fashion of the crowd of persons who could leave and enter the summit house. For details student can refer to the com
mentory of अभयदेवसूरि on ज्ञातधर्मकथाङ्ग on page 180 (STTHCgafafa edition ). JEI B7107, 8117-e is one of the ten ideal laymen (squares ) mentioned in
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