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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
white blood; 4) perfect joints noted for extraordinary sturdiness and strength - vajrațşabhanārāca samhanana; 5) perfectly symmetrical body - samacaturasra samsthāna; 6) stunningly handsome body; 7) extremely fragrant body; 8) one-thousand-and-eight pious marks - including srivatsa, sankha, svastika, kamala and cakra - on the body; 9) unparalleled strength; and 10) propitious (hita) and cogent (mita) speech.
The ten miraculous-happenings (atiśaya) which appear on the attainment of omniscience (kevalajñāna) are: 1) the Omniscient Lord has calm and large eyes that do not blink; 2) his firmly set hair and nails do not grow; 3) as there remains no need for taking external food, he does not take morsels of food – no kavalāhāra; 4) signs of old-age do not appear in him; 5) due to its unmatched luminance, his body has no shadow; 6) to all – the humans, devas and animals - who assemble in the four directions of the majestic pavilion (samavasaraṇa) he appears to be facing them; 7) there is abundance of food in the two-hundred yojana expanse of land around him; 8) no calamities (upsarga) can occur in his presence; 9) absence of cruel dispositions, i.e., compassionate tenderness for each other, prevails in all living beings; and 10) as his feet do not touch the ground while moving, he is said to be moving in the sky -ākāśagamana.
The fourteen miraculous-happenings (atiśaya) fashioned by the deva are: 1) his nectar-like divine discourse (divyadhvani) provides ineffable satisfaction to the three kinds of living beings; it is delivered in the language called arddhamāgadhi and is heard by all present in their respective tongue; 2) friendly coexistence prevails even among natural adversaries; 3) the trees get laden with fruits and flowers of all the six seasons; 4) the land becomes clear of all dirt, shining like a mirror; 5) the atmosphere is filled with the fragrance of pleasing, mild air; 6) the movement of the Omniscient Lord from one place to the other brings inexpressible joy to the mundane souls; 7) the devas of the Vāyukumāra class clear up the land of thorns, stones, and insects, etc., in the range of one yojana; 8) on this clear land, the devas of the
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