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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
सिद्ध भगवान् के स्वभाव गुण - The own-nature of the liberated-soul (the Siddha) – विज्जदि केवलणाणं केवलसोक्खं च केवलं विरियं । केवलदिट्ठि अमुत्तं अत्थित्तं सप्पदेसत्तं ॥१८२॥ (सिद्ध भगवान् के) केवलज्ञान, केवलदर्शन, केवलसुख, केवलवीर्य, अमूर्तत्व, अस्तित्व और सप्रदेशत्व होते हैं।
The liberated-soul (the Siddha) is characterized by infinite-knowledge (kevalajñāna), infinite-perception (kevaladarśana), infinite-happiness (kevalasukha), infinite-energy (kevalavīrya), incorporealness (amūrtatva), existence (astitva), and with-space-points (sapradeśatva).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As the eight kinds of karmas are burnt with the fire of pure-meditation (sukladhyāna), the liberated-soul (the Siddha) gets established, wholly and eternally, in own-self. It no longer depends on anything external; it attains its own-nature (svabhāva) or natural-qualities (svabhāvaguna). On destruction of the four inimical (ghātī) karmas, infinite-knowledge (kevalajñāna), infinite-perception (kevaladarśana), infinite-happiness (kevalasukha) and infinite-energy (kevalavīrya) are manifested.
All objects have two kinds of qualities (guņa) – the general (sāmānya), and the specific (visesa). The general qualities express the genus (jāti) or the general attributes, and the specific qualities describe the constantly changing conditions or modes. Consciousness (cetanā) is a specific (visesa) attribute of the soul when viewed in reference to nonsouls but a general (sāmānya) attribute when viewed in reference to
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